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FDIC v. Barrick (In re Barrick)

Ruling
Discharge denied due to failure to explain loss of assets.
Issue(s)
Should debtor's discharge be denied due to a failure to explain loss of assets?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 24, 2014 , LexisNexis #1014-096

WDH LLC v. Sobczak-Slomczewski (In re Sobczak-Slomczewski)

Ruling
Claims based on judgment for larceny, embezzlement and conversion were nondischargeable.
Issue(s)
Did district court judgment for larceny, embezzlement and conversion establish nondischargeability of debt?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on August 05, 2014 , LexisNexis #0914-020

In re Sori

Ruling
State did not violate stay by bringing criminal action against debtor for fraudulent collection of unemployment benefits.
Issue(s)
Was criminal complaint by state employment department for fraudulent receipt of unemployment benefits subject to the automatic stay?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 29, 2014 , LexisNexis #0914-004

In re Varan

Ruling
Sanctions warranted against debtor's counsel for nondisclosures.
Issue(s)
Did debtor's counsels' failures to make accurate disclosures of the debtor's property interests in Schedule B or timely disclosures of their fee arrangements with the debtor justify sanctions?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on June 24, 2014 , LexisNexis #0814-001

Grochocinski v. Morgan (In re Morgan)

Ruling
Discharge denied due to material misrepresentation by debtor's president and sole owner.
Issue(s)
Was debtor's false statement of financial affairs omitting sales of two automobiles and interest in Hawaiian condominium grounds for denial of discharge.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on August 12, 2013 , LexisNexis #0913-026

In re LHC LLC

Ruling
Appointment of chapter 11 trustee denied.
Issue(s)
Whether there were grounds under 11 U.S.C.S. § 1104(a) to appoint a trustee to manage the bankruptcy estate of an Illinois LLC that owned and operated an ice rink and was managing its estate as a debtor-in-possession.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on July 16, 2013 , LexisNexis #0813-026

In re Evon

Ruling
Debtors who paid full amount due before end of five-year term found to have completed plan.
Procedural posture

Debtors filed a motion for a declaration that their chapter 13 plan had been paid in full, even though their median income placed them in the "five-year-plan" category of 11 U.S.C.S. § 1325(b)(1)(B) and (b)(4)(A)(ii)(II) and less than three years had passed since their plan was confirmed.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 21, 2013 , LexisNexis #0413-137