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Aug 2024
Center City Healthcare, LLC v. Medline Indus. (Ctr. City Healthcare, LLC)
Ruling
Transferee was granted summary judgment on preferential transfer claims where a portion of the alleged preferential transfers was made according to ordinary business terms in the industry. (Bankr. D. Del.)
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Case Decided On
26
Aug 2024
Arnold, In re
Ruling
Sanctions denied against creditor for collection calls regarding car debt as the stay terminated when debtor failed to redeem or reaffirm debt within 30 days. (Bankr. W.D. Va.)
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Case Decided On
26
Aug 2024
Insight Terminal Sols., LLC, In re
Ruling
Debtor was allowed to conduct a Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2004 examination of the city as sought to determine whether the city's transactions with respect to certain property might constitute an avoidable post-petition transaction. (Bankr. W.D. Ky.)
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Case Decided On
26
Aug 2024
Sakon, In re
Ruling
Confidentiality agreement was not an executory contract where debtor would have fully performed its part of the agreement prior to the petition date. (Bankr. D. Conn.)
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Case Decided On
26
Aug 2024
Jencks, In re--Jencks v. AgVantage FS
Ruling
Debtors could not avoid a judicial lien on alleged homestead property due to their failure to disclose their purchase of and residence in a new property shortly before the petition date resulting in abandonment of the homestead exemption in the liened property. (Bankr. N.D. Iowa)
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Case Decided On
26
Aug 2024
Virtual Citadel, Inc., In re--Bay Point Cap. Partners II LP v. Thomas Switch Holding, LLC
Ruling
Bankruptcy court did not clearly err in classifying special purpose property that had the highest and best use as a bitcoin mine. (11th Cir.)
Judge or Jurisdiction information not available
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Case Decided On
26
Aug 2024
Jones, In re
Ruling
Chapter 13 debtor's attorney granted compensation in reduced amount in simple case involving vehicle repossession and minimal debt. (Bankr. E.D. Pa.)
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Case Decided On
26
Aug 2024
Gonzalez, In re
Ruling
Debtor's motion to avoid a judicial lien failed to show how it calculated the amount of the judgment determining the value of lien to be avoided. (Bankr. W.D. Tex.)
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Case Decided On
23
Aug 2024
Kumm, In re
Ruling
It was not required to reopen debtor’s case to determine if student loan debt had beendischarged. (Bankr. E.D. Wis.)
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Case Decided On
23
Aug 2024
EPD Inv. Co., LLC, In re--Kirkland v. Rund
Ruling
Judgment affirmed in fraudulent transfer proceeding as substantial evidence supported the jury's finding that the debtor operated a Ponzi scheme and presumably intended to defraud creditors. (9th Cir.)
Judge or Jurisdiction information not available
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Case Decided On
23
Aug 2024
Seidling, In re--Block v. Seidling
Ruling
Agreement that did not identify a grantor or settlor was not reliable evidence of the creation or existence of an identifiable and valid trust. (Bankr. W.D. Wis.)
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Case Decided On
23
Aug 2024
Okeiyi, In re--Asilonu v. Okeiyi
Ruling
Debt related to debtor’s breach of her obligations under affidavit of support provided to enable plaintiff to immigrate to the U.S. was dischargeable. (Bankr. M.D.N.C.)
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Case Decided On
22
Aug 2024
Detlefs, In re
Ruling
Voluntary Chapter 7 petition was not subject to dismissal for bad faith as the debtor was unemployed, had minimal income and assets, and did not act in bad faith. (Bankr. M.D. Fla.)
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Case Decided On
22
Aug 2024
Lager, In re
Ruling
Court concluded that Subchapter V trustee's statutory duty to file a final report was not sufficient cause to keep the cases open and it was thus appropriate to order the termination of the trustee’s services. (Bankr. N.D. Tex.)
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Case Decided On
22
Aug 2024
Alcon, In re
Ruling
City’s erroneous allocation of pre- and post-petition electrical usage violated the automatic stay. (Bankr. D.N.M.)
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