- 28 U.S.C.
Veigel, In re--Schwarz v. Nordhaus
May
04
2017
Ruling
Abstention was warranted where plaintiff was not the debtor and claims were based solelyon state law. (Bankr. E.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Bankruptcy Cases and Proceedings; Abstention; Discretionary Abstention.
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- 11 U.S.C.
Martin, In re--US Merchants Fin. Grp., Inc v. Martin
Apr
07
2017
Ruling
Debt was nondischargeable where debtor obtained products from a vendor through false representations. (Bankr. E.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Exceptions to Discharge; Types of Debt Excepted; Fraud; False Pretenses, False Representations or Actual Fraud.
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- 11 U.S.C.
Osborne, In re--Kokas v. Osborne
Apr
03
2017
Ruling
Debt was nondischargeable where the indebtedness owed to plaintiff by debtor was based upon the violation of state securities laws and common law fraud in connection with the purchase of a security. (Bankr. E.D. Tex.)COLLIER BANKRUPTCY CASE UPDATE11
Issue(s)
Exceptions to Discharge; Types of Debt Excepted; Debt Relating to Securities Violations.
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Bhai, In re--MoneyGram Payment Sys. v. Bhai
Jan
31
2017
Ruling
Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part for plaintiff'sfailure to demonstrate entitlement to judgment as a matter of law regarding thenondischargeability of the judgment debt owed to it by debtor. (Bankr. E.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Exceptions to Discharge; Types of Debt Excepted.
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- 11 U.S.C.
Wilson v. Phillips (In re Phillips)
Jan
09
2017
Ruling
Indebtedness owed by defendant arising from willful and malicious injury was excepted fromdischarge in its entirety. (Bankr. E.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Exceptions to Discharge; Types of Debt Excepted; Willful and Malicious Injury to Another Entity or Property of Another Entity.
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Utterback v. Texas (In re Utterback)
Dec
12
2016
Ruling
Claims for overpayment of benefits that arose prior to debtor's conversion to chapter 7discharged. (Bankr. E.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Effect of Conversion; Claims Arising Prior to Conversion.
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In re HML Enters., LLC
Oct
12
2016
Ruling
Employment of same counsel by parent and subsidiary debtors in possession denied butallowed for subsidiary only while case remained in chapter 11. (Bankr. E.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Employment of Professional Persons; Who May Be Employed.
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In re Healty
Aug
08
2016
Ruling
Law firm ordered to disgorge retainer paid by debtor in anticipation of bankruptcy. (Bankr.E.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Should debtor’s attorneys be required to disgorge a retainer paid by the debtor, in the days immediately prior to the filing of the chapter 7 petition for the purpose of funding a post-petition appeal of a pre-petition state court judgment in favor of a creditor?
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- 11 U.S.C.
Ganter v. Montano (In re Heritage Pac. Fin., LLC)
Jul
06
2016
Ruling
Assignment of settlement agreements by debtor was not voidable by trustee where debtor’slegal title was subject to transferee's equitable interest. (Bankr. E.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Postpetition Transactions.
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- 11 U.S.C.
In re Moore
Jul
06
2016
Ruling
Trustee's objection to debtor's claimed exemption of IRA overruled. (Bankr. E.D. Tex.)
Issue(s)
Exemptions.
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