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Charity, In re--Charity v. NC Fin. Sols. of Utah, LLC

Ruling
Debtors were awarded actual damages for damages resulting from violations of the automaticstay. (Bankr. E.D. Va.)
Issue(s)
Automatic Stay; Remedies for Violation; Damages For Willful Violation of Stay.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on August 14, 2017 , LexisNexis #0917-066

Koropey v. Penn. Virginia Corp. (Penn. Virginia Corp.)

Ruling
Plaintiff could no longer seek revocation of debtor's plan as he was time-barred and failed to state a claim for fraud. (Bankr. E.D. Va.)
Issue(s)
Revocation of an Order of Confirmation.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on July 21, 2017 , LexisNexis #0817-114

PCC Liquidating Trust v. W. Va. State Tax Dep't (In re Patriot Coal Corp.)

Ruling
Proceeding seeking turnover of state tax refund dismissed as premature. (Bankr. E.D. Va.)
Issue(s)
Turnover of Property to the Estate.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on November 22, 2016 , LexisNexis #1216-075

Black Diamond Commer. Fin., LLC v. Va. Conservation Legacy Fund, Inc. (In re Patriot Coal Corp.)

Ruling
Abstention from hearing adversary proceeding between non-debtors denied where outcomewould have a material affect on administration. (Bankr. W.D. Va.)
Issue(s)
Should the bankruptcy court abstain from hearing, and remand, dispute between non-debtors?

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on September 23, 2016 , LexisNexis #1016-104

In re Foster

Ruling
Objections to debtor’s exemption in deferred compensation plan overruled. (Bankr. E.D. Pa.)
Issue(s)
Should objection to debtor’s claimed exemption in partner equity deferred compensation plan be sustained?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on August 12, 2016 , LexisNexis #0916-021

Compass Chem. Int'l, LLC v. Failon (In re Failon)

Ruling
State court judgment based on willful and malicious conduct was nondischargeable. (Bankr. E.D. Va.)
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 March 29, 2016 , LexisNexis #1116-020

In re Cole

Ruling
Confirmation denied on objections of trustee and debtor's former spouse as creditors would not recover as much as in a hypothetical chapter 7 case.
Issue(s)
Should confirmation be denied because the plan fails to provide for payment in full of all domestic support obligations, was not filed in good faith, fails to satisfy the liquidation test required under § 1325(a)(4) and fails to include all of the debtor's projected disposable income for the applicable period, as required under § 1325(b)(1)(B)?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 24, 2016 , LexisNexis #0416-097

In re Copley

Ruling
Government required to turn over debtor's tax refund.
Issue(s)
Whether a chapter 7 debtor may exempt and recover an overpayment of federal income taxes for the year prior to the filing of the bankruptcy case, despite the authority of the federal government, under the Treasury Offset Program, 26 U.S.C. § 6402, to set off the refund against the debtor's dischargeable prepetition income tax liability?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 22, 2016 , LexisNexis #0416-056

Weinman v. Walker (In re Adam Aircraft Indus.)

Ruling
Debtor could not recover transfers made to former president who was no longer an insider.
Issue(s)
Were corporate debtor's transfers to its previously terminated former president avoidable as made for less than reasonably equivalent value to an insider?

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Court :
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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on October 15, 2015 , LexisNexis #1115-058

In re Brown

Ruling
Debtor was ineligible to file second case within 180-days of voluntary dismissal of prior case following the filing of a motion for relief from stay.
Issue(s)
Could debtor obtain a waiver of the prohibition of filing a new bankruptcy case within 180 days of voluntary dismissal of a bankruptcy case following the filing of a request for relief from the automatic stay?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 28, 2015 , LexisNexis #0815-072