- 11 U.S.C.
Bank v. Pho (In re Pho)
Oct
15
2015
Ruling
Debt was dischargeable where creditor failed to prove that it relied on debtor's written misrepresentations.
Issue(s)
Was claim nondischargeable due to debtor's allegedly false representation that loan would be used for business purposes?
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- 11 U.S.C.
Attila Cargo Express Inc. v. Sanchez (In re Sanchez)
Oct
05
2015
Ruling
Debt was nondischargeable due to knowing diversion of employer's funds for personal use.
Issue(s)
Was debt nondischargeable due to false pretenses or representations or actual fraud), embezzlement and larceny or willful and malicious conversion?
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Tradex Global Master Fund SPC Ltd. v. Chui (In re Chui)
Sep
24
2015
Ruling
Debt was dischargeable where debtor did not act in a fiduciary capacity and any alleged securities law violations were time-barred.
Issue(s)
Was debt nondischargeable based on a breach of fiduciary responsibility or violation of securities laws?
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- 11 U.S.C.
Quinones v. Quinones (In re Quinones)
Sep
15
2015
Ruling
Debt for unpaid retirement plan contributions was dischargeable as debtors were not fiduciaries.
Issue(s)
Was debt for unpaid employment plan contributions dischargeable?
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- 11 U.S.C.
Paik v. Lee (In re Lee)
Sep
08
2015
Ruling
Debt was nondischargeable due to misrepresentations by debtor who knew about or was recklessly indifferent to Ponzi scheme.
Issue(s)
Did debtor know that investment company was a Ponzi scheme so that representations to creditor regarding investing with the company could be grounds for nondischargeable debt?
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- 11 U.S.C.
In re Morales
Aug
17
2015
Ruling
Relief from stay denied where creditor was adequately protected by equity cushion.
Issue(s)
Should relief from stay be granted for cause, including lack of adequate protection and the purported failure of debtors to make certain post-petition payments?
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- 11 U.S.C.
In re Howrey LLP
Aug
11
2015
Ruling
Landlords' gap claims were entitled to priority status.
Issue(s)
Whether claims of landlords for unpaid rent accruing during the interval between the filing of an involuntary petition and an order for relief were entitled to priority.
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- 11 U.S.C.
In re Gens
Jul
24
2015
Ruling
Dismissal was mandatory due to debtor's failure to file required operating reports for two years.
Issue(s)
Must chapter 11 debtor's case be dismissed due to a two-year failure to file required operating reports?
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- 11 U.S.C.
Karaeff v. Hart (In re Hart)
Jul
16
2015
Ruling
Debtors' inducement of creditor into joining sham partnership was grounds for nondischargeable debt.
Issue(s)
Were debts resulting from debtors' inducement of investor to join a sham real estate development partnership nondischargeable on grounds of fraud?
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- 11 U.S.C.
In re Home Loan Serv. Corp.
Jul
01
2015
Ruling
Bankruptcy court declined to order disgorgement of fees earned by debtor's chapter 11 counsel prior to conversion to a possibly insolvent chapter 7 case.
Issue(s)
Was trustee in case converted to chapter 7 entitled to an order for disgorgement of interim attorney's fees paid to debtor's former chapter 11 counsel?
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