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Date Issuedsort ascending Description
03/16/2016 In re Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., et al.

15 B 01145

02/26/2016 In re Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., et al.; Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., et al. v. BOKF, N.A., et al.

15 B 01145,  15 A 00149

11/12/2015 In re Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., et al.

15 B 1145

09/02/2015 In re Enesco Group, Inc.

07 B 00565

Chief Judge Jacqueline P. Cox
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
03/10/2016 In re Oswaldo Rodriguez; AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. v. Oswaldo Rodriguez

14 B 41542, 15 A 00009
The Debtor defaulted on a vehicle loan within a month of purchasing a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox.  He was referred to the vehicle dealership by Uber, the ride-sharing service. AmeriCredit failed to convince the Court that the Debt was nondischargeable because the...

02/18/2016 In re 401 Properties Limited Partnership; Rock Solid Gelt Limited Partnership and Legacy Re, Ltd. v. 401 Properties Limited Partnership

14 B 44983, 15 A 00499
Court overruled objection that a partial assignee of a note lacks standing to sue on it.

01/28/2016 In re LJBV LTD

15 B 35961
In this matter, the Court granted secured creditor 36 Holdings, LLC’s Motion to Dismiss the Debtor’s Chapter 11 Case. The Debtor is a single-asset real estate entity that filed for bankruptcy on the day a receiver was appointed in a pre-petition state court foreclosure case...

11/25/2015 In re Richard Sharif

09 B 05868
In this case, the sister of the Debtor, as the purported executrix of their mother’s (Soad Wattar) testamentary estate, seeks an order vacating a five-year old order directing the turnover of property (the “2010 Motion”) alleged to be the mother’s. The movant argued that...

09/24/2015 In re John F. Walsh

08 B 06424
This is a case stressing the importance of counsel representing a debtor in an underlying state court action to get approval, even if retroactive, of the Bankruptcy Court under 11 U.S.C. § 327 for such representation in order to be paid from the bankruptcy estate....

Judge Thomas M. Lynch
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
03/08/2016 In re Jose Acevedo, Jr.

14-80117

01/25/2016 Michael W. Raridon v. Gregory E. Carlson and Antoinette D. Carlson (In re Gregory E. Carlson and Antoinette D. Carlson)

14-81783, 14-96130

12/04/2015 Taylor v. Snyder (In re Snyder)

13bk80541, 13ap96053

09/30/2015 Layng v. Urbonas (In re Urbonas)

13bk82754, 14ap96019
Two doctors who declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy after a creditor foreclosed on their townhouse were ineligible under 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(2) and (4) to have their debts discharged because they concealed transfers of money they made to relatives and intentionally...

09/23/2015 In re Waterworks, Inc.

13-82498

Judge Donald R. Cassling
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01/27/2016 In re Jeffery S. Hrubec

15 B 08079

Judge Timothy A. Barnes
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
01/05/2016 Glenn v. Cavalry Investments, LLC (In re Darryl Glenn)

14 B 31070, 15 A 00560
Upon the defendant’s motion to dismiss the debtor’s adversary complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, held: By predicating his claim against the defendant solely on the filing of a proof of claim but asserting no other indicia of...

12/30/2015 Hassan Muhammad v. Joseph Sneed (In re Joseph Sneed)

14 B 01361, 14 A 00098
Upon creditor’s adversary complaint seeking a determination that debts allegedly owed by the debtor are nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A), wherein the creditor alleged that the debtor obtained construction services through false pretenses, false...

12/30/2015 Hassan A. Muhammad v. Byron F. Reed (In re Byron F. Reed)

13 B 30975, 13 A 01294
Upon a creditor’s complaint seeking a determination that a debt allegedly owed by the debtor to the creditor is nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2) and (a)(6), wherein the creditor alleged that the debtor withheld monies from the creditor through false...

Judge Janet S. Baer
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
10/09/2015 Joan Galloni v. Kevin J. Barry and Barry Law Group, P.C. (In re Kevin J. Barry)

13 B 38329, 14 A 00034
The Plaintiff filed an adversary complaint in the bankruptcy case of the Debtor, seeking a determination that a state court judgment debt owed to the Plaintiff by the Debtor and his former law firm is not dischargeable pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 523(a)(4) and (a)(...

08/31/2015 In re River Road Hotel Partners, LLC

09 B 30029
Debtors’ financial advisor FBR Capital Markets & Co. (“FBR”) filed an amended application for compensation, which included a request for a restructuring fee and reimbursement of expenses, the majority of which were attorneys’ fees incurred in defense of FBR’s fee...

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