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Nguyen v. Nguyen (In re Phan)

Ruling
Judgment debt based on finding of fraud was nondischargeable.
Issue(s)
Was a judgment debt based on fraud nondischargeable?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 10, 2015 , LexisNexis #0815-015

In re Salkin

Ruling
Debtor ordered to turn over note issued to trust of which debtor was sole trustee as it was property of the estate.
Issue(s)
Could debtor who sole trustee of a trust and possessed the right to trust principal and income be required to turn over a note held by the trust?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 26, 2015 , LexisNexis #0315-124

In re North Am. Health Care Inc.

Ruling
Order issued approving and adopting a tort claim resolution proposal to the extent providing for mediation of personal injury/wrongful death claims.
Issue(s)
Whether to grant debtors' motion for an order approving and adopting a tort claim resolution proposal that provided for mediation of personal injury/wrongful death claims, followed by the court's estimation of any unresolved claim pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 502(c).

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on February 05, 2015 , LexisNexis #0316-047

In re Gordian Med. Inc.

Ruling
Late filed proof of claim by IRS allowed due to excusable neglect.
Issue(s)
Could proof of claim filed after bar date by the IRS be allowed due to excusable neglect.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on October 16, 2013 , LexisNexis #1113-034

Trustees of the S. Cal. Pipe Traders Health and Welfare Trust Fund v. Gomez (In re Gomez)

Ruling
Judgment based on debtor's diversion of plan assets was nondischargeable.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff trustees filed a motion for a default judgment in an adversary proceeding relating to the nondischargeability of debt.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on May 31, 2013 , LexisNexis #0713-010

Congrejo Invs. LLC v. Mann (In re Bender)

Ruling
Ruling on applicability of equitable tolling to trustee's adversary proceeding was not an appealable judgment.
Procedural posture

Defendant investment company appealed from a portion of the decision by the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit (BAP), in which the BAP affirmed the bankruptcy court's determination that the doctrine of equitable tolling applied to plaintiff bankruptcy trustee's filing of an adversary proceeding. The trustee cross-appealed from a different portion of the BAP's order.

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Court :
Judge or Jurisdiction information not available
Consumer opinion summary, case decided on November 05, 2009 , LexisNexis #1209-035

Nichols v. Birdsell

Ruling
Prepetition right to tax refund was property of the estate.
Procedural posture

Appellant debtors sought review of an order from the District Court for the District of Arizona denying their appeal from a bankruptcy court decision which concluded that the prepetition application of the right to a tax refund was an asset as of the petition date and that the debtors had to deliver to appellee bankruptcy trustee the value of the property under 11 U.S.C. § 542(a).

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Court :
Judge or Jurisdiction information not available
opinion summary, case decided on May 09, 2007 , LexisNexis #0607-064