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Judge Timothy A. Barnes
Date Issuedsort descending Description
04/10/2014 In re Richard J. Klarchek; The Klarchek Family Trust and Richard J. Mason v. John Costello, James Eliades and John Loguidice

10 B 44866, 13 A 01048
Petitioners, as trustees for a family trust created by the debtor, move for abstention or remand of an Illinois state court proceeding to dissolve the family trust that had been previously removed to this court by the chapter 7 trustee. The chapter 7 trustee, in...

05/08/2014 In re Chicago Construction Specialties, Inc.

13 B 31265
Upon the Construction and General Laborers’ District Council of Chicago and Vicinity’s and the Laborers’ Pension and Welfare Funds’ objection to the Debtor’s application pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1113 to reject all collective bargaining agreements to which it was a party,...

05/21/2014 In re Elk Grove Village Petroleum, et al.

12 B 49658
Upon the Motion for Allowance of Secured Claim and Turnover of Collateral Proceeds, brought by United Central Bank (“UCB”), and the Cross Motion for Partial Turnover of Proceeds of Sales, brought by the Illinois Department of Revenue (“IDOR”), to determine the higher...

08/18/2014 In re Kent Allen Woods

13 B 39194
Upon the Motion of Leticia Zaragoza for Relief from the Automatic Stay Pending Arbitration, brought by Leticia Zaragoza (the “Movant”), held:  The Movant has failed to demonstrate cause for relief from stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362(d).  The Movant’s assertion that the Chicago...

09/11/2014 Susan K. Cervac v. Kimberly A. Littman (In re Kimberly A. Littman)

11 B 38875, 12 A 00155

Upon the Debtor’s motion to vacate the court’s summary judgment order, held:  The Debtor failed to establish sufficient grounds under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59 or 60 to set aside or modify this court’s previous grant of summary judgment based, in part,...

Judge Donald R. Cassling
Date Issuedsort descending Description
04/15/2014 In re Edward J. Pajian

13 B 25893

04/30/2014 National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh v. Timothy D. and Cecilia S. Krause (In re Timothy D. and Cecilia S. Krause)

13 B 15811,  13 A 00901

06/17/2014 William A. Brandt, Jr., not individually but solely in his capacity as Plan Administrator for Equipment Acquisition Resources, Inc. v. Charter Airlines, LLC (In re Equipment Acquisition Resources, Inc.)

09 B 39937, 11 A 02110

07/29/2014 In re Dawn Marie Sori

12 B 01108

08/05/2014 WDH LLC v. Robert Sobczak-Slomczewski (In re Robert Sobczak-Slomczewski)

13 B 16661, 13 A 00972

08/06/2014 Roy Safanda, Trustee in Bankruptcy v. Linda K. Castellano and J.T. Del Alcazar, as Successor Trustee of the Faith F. Campbell Living Trust dated February 18, 1997 (In re Bruno and Linda K. Castellano)

11 B 46854, 13 A 01257

Chief Judge Jacqueline P. Cox
Date Issuedsort descending Description
06/09/2014 In re Veronica Aguilar and Jose E. Aguilar; Robert J. Sargis v. Veronica and Jose E. Aguilar

10 B 38275, 13 A 00299
In this Adversary Proceeding, Plaintiff sought a determination that a $32,994 debt owed by Debtors was nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A). Plaintiff alleged that Debtors, through their agent, made false representations in procuring a second mortgage...

07/24/2014 Philip V. Martino, Trustee v. Eugenia Miszkowicz, Mark Miszkowicz and Miszkowicz Investment Limited Partnership (In re Steven Miszkowicz and Connie Gipple)

11 B 40844, 13 A 00927
In this adversary proceeding, the Trustee sought  recovery of $101,787 in preferential transfers made by the Debtor to his mother and brother in repayment of private loans. The Defendants asserted the ordinary course defense to preference liability under section...

08/21/2014 Estate of Stanley Cora v. John C. Jahrling (In re John C. Jahrling)

12 B 50628, 13 A 00688
In this Chapter 7 proceeding, Plaintiff, the Estate of Stanley Cora, filed an amended adversary proceeding against the Debtor, John C. Jahrling, under sections 523(a)(4), 523(a)(6), 727(a)(3) and 727(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code asking that a debt be held...

09/08/2014 In re Arturo Vazquez

13 B 32174
In this Chapter 7 proceeding, the Debtor scheduled a 2013 federal tax refund in the amount of $10,576, of which he claimed $3,000 as an exempt public assistance benefit under 735 ILCS 5/12-1001(g)(1).

Trustee David Leibowitz objected, arguing that the child...

Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar
Date Issuedsort descending Description
06/18/2014 In re Sweports, Ltd.

12 B 14254

07/15/2014 In re The C.P. Hall Company

11 B 26443

07/21/2014 In re The C.P. Hall Company; James Shipley v. Joseph Abrams, et al.; James Shipley v. Byron T. Adams, et al.

11 B 26443, 13 A 1070, 13 A 1156

08/27/2014 In re Michael H. Meltzer

13 B 31151

Judge Thomas M. Lynch
Date Issuedsort descending Description
08/25/2014 In re Perry Moy

12 B 81564

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