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Dalton, In re--Retirement Grp., LLC v. Dalton

Ruling
Debt deemed nondischargeable due to debtor’s willful and malicious misappropriation of trade secrets and evidence destruction. (Bankr. S.D. Ind.)
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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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on January 15, 2025 , LexisNexis #0325-061

Walro v. Lee (In re Lee)

Ruling
Trustee could avoid debtor's transfers to spouse and spouse's company that were avoidable under state law.
Issue(s)
Could transfer be avoided pursuant to standards set by state uniform fraudulent transfer act?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on June 16, 2015 , LexisNexis #0715-020

Walro v. Lee Group Holding Co. LLC (In re Lee)

Ruling
Resolution purporting to accept debtor's withdrawal from LLC violated the stay.
Issue(s)
Did resolution by LLC members purporting to accept debtor's withdrawal from the LLC violate the automatic stay?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on December 18, 2014 , LexisNexis #0115-038

Argent Mortg. Co. LLC v. Drown (In re Bunn)

Ruling
Mortgage with sufficient property identification to create constructive notice under state law was not avoidable.
Procedural posture

Defendant mortgage creditor appealed from an order of the bankruptcy court for the Southern District of Ohio, that held that the plaintiff, the chapter 7 trustee, could avoid the debtor's mortgage under 11 U.S.C.S. § 544(a)(3), because the face of the mortgage contained a street address and a parcel number, but did not contain a legal description of the debtor's residential property.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 30, 2008 , LexisNexis #1208-097

Amedisys Inc. v. JP Morgan Chase Manhattan Bank (In re Natl Century Fin. Enters.)

Ruling
Claim by corporation that failed to request payment from debtor was properly denied priority status.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff corporation appealed the decision entered by the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio that granted summary judgment in favor of defendant trustees in the corporation's action regarding over $ 7.3 million worth of accounts receivable that the corporation sold to the debtor.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on August 21, 2008 , LexisNexis #0908-096