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| 01/27/2010 |
In re IFC Credit Corporation 09 B 27094 The court granted the Trustee’s motion for a preliminary injunction staying various lawsuits pending against former directors and officers of the Debtor. The court found that the Trustee was entitled to a preliminary injunction because the pending lawsuits would likely... |
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| 12/16/2009 |
In re IFC Credit Corporation 09 B 27094 The court denied a motion to dismiss the bankruptcy case due to the initial petition being filed by a non-lawyer on behalf of the corporation based upon laches and Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 1009 after the movants waited three months to file the motion once the... |
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| 11/19/2009 |
In re: Tekena USA, LLC 09 B 16969 The court dismissed this Chapter 11 case finding that it was not filed in good faith due to the Debtor's involvement in efforts that amounted to abuse of the judicial system. |
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| 10/06/2009 |
In re Local Union 722 International Brotherhood of Teamsters 09 B 20825 In this matter, a judgment creditor moved to dismiss the debtor’s chapter 11 case under 11 U.S.C. § 1112(b) arguing that the bankruptcy was really a two-party dispute between the debtor and the creditor. The Court granted the motion, after determining that the debtor could... |
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| 07/17/2009 |
In re Lancelot Investors Fund, L.P.; Peterson v. Ellerbrock Family Trust, LLC 08 B 28225, 09 A 00413 In this case, the chapter 7 trustee sought to enjoin a lawsuit brought by a group of investors who invested in the Debtors against a third non-debtor party accounting firm. The investors filed suit in Minnesota state court for negligent misrepresentation and... |
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| 07/02/2009 |
In re Lunkes 09 B 00583 In this matter, the debtor claimed his interest in a trust was exempt from inclusion in his bankruptcy estate under 11 U.S.C. § 541(c)(2) because the trust was a spendthrift trust. The chapter 7 trustee objected, arguing that the trust was not a spendthrift trust. The Court... |
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| 06/16/2009 |
In re Howard 08 B 32998 The issue in this case was whether the hanging paragraph of 11 U.S.C. § 1325 applied to so-called “negative equity” in connection with the purchase of a motor vehicle that is subject to that provision. In this case, the debtor purchased a motor vehicle within 910 days of... |
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| 06/02/2009 |
In re Sharif;Wellness Int’l Network v. J.P. Morgan Chase, N.A.; Khan v. Wellness Int’l Network 09 B 05868, 09 A 00384, 09 A 00385 In this matter, the Debtor and two non-debtor parties (“Respondents”) were held jointly and severally liable for attorney’s fees awarded by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas after initiating a lawsuit and failing to conduct... |
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| 04/24/2009 |
n re Oien; Regis Technologies, Inc. v. Oien 07 B 08526, 07 A 01058 In this case, the plaintiff moved to amend its adversary complaint. The original complaint sought to deny the debtor’s discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(4)(A) alleging the debtor asserted a false oath at his § 341 creditors’ meeting. The amended complaint... |
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| 03/13/2009 |
In re Teknek, LLC 05 B 27545 Chapter 7 trustee sought approval of a settlement agreement resolving all litigation between the defendants in an adversary proceeding for recovery of pre-petition transfers. The settlement agreement was opposed by one of the administrative creditors who argued that the... |
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| 03/10/2009 |
In re Hunter;Herzog v. Countrywide Home Loans 07 B 19360, 08 A 00300 Prior to filing his chapter 7 bankruptcy petition, the debtor sought to rescind two mortgage loans from the defendants. After the bankruptcy case commenced, the chapter 7 trustee filed an adversary complaint requesting enforcement of the debtor's right to... |
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| 02/27/2009 |
In re Hearthside Baking Co., Inc.; Official Unsecured Creditors’ Committee of Hearthside Baking Co., Inc., et al. v. Cohen, et al. 08 B 01187,08 A 00237 In this chapter 11 matter, the shares of the Debtor were held in a trust. Wayne and Terry Cohen were beneficiaries of the trust and two co-trustees were named as trustees of the trust. Wayne was the President of the Debtor and Terry was its CEO. Both were the... |
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| 01/08/2009 |
In re Orla Enterprises 08 B 27287 In this chapter 11 matter, the debtor-lessor sought to reject a non-residential lease to the extent that the lease remained unexpired. The issue focused on an option to purchase allegedly contained in the lease. The lessee alleged that an option to purchase the property... |
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| 01/06/2010 |
In re Brian E. Bacardi and Jean M. Bacardi 09 B 25757 |
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| 12/02/2009 |
In re Joseph E. Frontzak 08 B 08580 |
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| 09/09/2009 |
In re Mission Bay Ski & Bike, Inc.; Richard M. Fogel, as trustee of the bankruptcy estate of Mission Bay Ski & Bike, Inc. v. William W. Linnemann, Valerie J. Gervais, and First American Bank, an Illinois banking corporation 07 B 20870, 08 A 00055 |
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| 08/07/2009 |
In re Frederick K. Slayton and Ann Slayton; Frederick K. Slayton and Ann Slayton v. Jesse White, Secretary of State for the State of Illinois 06 B 02826, 09 A 00100 |
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| 05/05/2009 |
In re Di’Aundra Forbish 08 B 23466 |
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| 02/27/2009 |
In re Joe C. Jackson 07 B 18515, 08 B 20776 |
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| 01/30/2009 |
In re Conrad Ulz 05 B 01818 |