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Battley v. MPC Inc. (In re Fairbanks Cmty. Mental Health Ctr. Inc.)

Ruling
Reference of simple claim for damages withdrawn.
Issue(s)
Should reference be withdrawn of breach of contract case for damages?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on February 12, 2016 , LexisNexis #0316-033

In re IT LLC

Ruling
Case dismissed as arising out of a two-party dispute.
Issue(s)
Should case be dismissed as primarily a two-party dispute between non-debtors?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on April 24, 2015 , LexisNexis #0515-072

Bertran v. Wacker (In re Bertran)

Ruling
Debtor's collateral attack on state court judgment was barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine.
Issue(s)
Could bankruptcy court avoid a state court judgment against debtor on grounds of improper notice?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 20, 2014 , LexisNexis #1214-067

Tangwall v. Compton (In re Bertran)

Ruling
Transfers of real property to family trust avoided as fraudulent.
Issue(s)
Were debtor's conveyances of two parcels of property to family trust fraudulent.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on October 15, 2013 , LexisNexis #1113-023

In re Vernon

Ruling
Incarcerated debtor's case dismissed for failure to obtain required credit counseling.
Procedural posture

Bankruptcy debtors were incarcerated in state prisons when they filed their bankruptcy petition, and the debtors failed to obtain the credit counseling required by 11 U.S.C.S. § 109(h) for bankruptcy eligibility, either pre-petition or within the extended post-petition period granted by the court. The debtors were ordered to show cause why their case should not be dismissed.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 31, 2013 , LexisNexis #0313-002

United States Bank Natl Assn v. S. Side House LLC

Ruling
Claim for prepayment consideration properly disallowed under terms of mortgage.
Procedural posture

Creditor challenged a decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York, which modified in part the creditor's claim against appellee debtor, and disallowed pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 502(b) the creditor's claim to more than seven million dollars in prepayment consideration.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on January 30, 2012 , LexisNexis #0212-079