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Chief Judge Jacqueline P. Cox
Date Issuedsort descending Description
07/16/2010 In re Gander Partners LLC; In re Copper Peak Development Corporation; In re Prairie View Development Corporation jointly administered under case number 10 B 00887;Gander Partners LLC, et al v. Harris Bank, NA

10 B 08877, 10 B 08882, 10 B 08879, 10 A 00981

The court granted Debtors' motion for a preliminary injunction staying various lawsuits pending against Debtors' guarantors. Harris Bank, N.A. objected to the entry of a preliminary injunction and argued, among other things, that the...

09/17/2010 In re Edward Joseph Signore and Kanella Virginia Signore; James Kafantaris v. Kanella Signore

09 B 13534, 09 A 00667

The court stuck most of the plaintiff's responses to the defendant's Local Rule 7056-1 statement of facts in support of her motion for summary judgment. The plaintiff admitted many of the facts asserted by the defendant. The court deemed as admitted many of the...

09/17/2010 In re Edward Joseph Signore and Kanella Virginia Signore; James Kafantaris v. Kanella Signore

09 B 13534, 09 A 00667

The court ruled in favor of the defendant on a count under 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(4) charging defalcation or fraud while acting in a fiduciary capacity, finding as a matter of law that the defendant did not owe her brother or mother a fiduciary duty regarding...

09/27/2010 In re John R. Mateyko; ExpressDrop, Inc. v. John R. Mateyko and John R. Mateyko d/b/a EncoreDrop and Matey Corp.

08 B 32684, 09 A 00718

In this adversary proceeding involving the dischargeability of a debt, the court found in favor of the debtor on a count under 11 U.S.C. section 523(a(2)(A) as the plaintiff did not prove that the debt was incurred by a false pretense, a false representation or...

01/11/2011 In re James Malec and Rita Malec; James Malec and Rita Malec v. Cook County Clerk and Cook County Treasurer

04 B 17796, 10 A 01455

In this adversary proceeding, the court found that the County violated the discharge injunction under 11 U.S.C. § 1328(a) by failing to release its lien on Debtors’ property by continuing to assess interest and penalties and selling the property taxes at a tax...

02/22/2011 In re Nancy Hall-Walker

10 B 42783

Debtor filed a motion seeking sanctions pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362(k), after the Respondent attended and continued a civil contempt status hearing in the Domestic Relations Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County after she was given notice that the Debtor had filed...

03/10/2011 In re Richard Sharif

09 B 05868

Movant Ragda Sharifeh asked leave to intervene as to two orders: a July 6, 2010 order which held, in part, that the Soad Wattar Revocable Living Trust was the alter ego of the Debtor, Richard Sharif (“the Debtor”) and an August 5, 2010 order directing Wells Fargo Financial...

03/14/2011 In re Richard Sharif

09 B 05868

Movant Ragda Sharifeh requested that the court vacate (1) the part of the July 6, 2010 judgment order which held that the Soad Wattar Revocable Trust of 1992 was the alter ego of the Debtor, Richard Sharif (“the Debtor”) and (2) the August 5, 2010 order directing Wells...

03/31/2011 DENTAL PROFILE, INC. and DENTIST, P.C.

08 B 17148, 08 B 17149

Movant asked the court to impose sanctions against the Debtors, Dental Profile, Inc. and Dentist, P.C. (the “Debtors”), Dr. Husam Aldairi ("Aldairi" ) the sole owner of the Debtors, Paul M. Bach ("Bach") former counsel for the Debtors, and Cindy M. Johnson,...

04/15/2011 In re Lancelot Investors Fund, L.P., et al.; Ronald L. Peterson, as Chapter 7 Trustee for Lancelot Investors Fund L.P., et al v. Brightwater Club Property Owners Association

08 B 28225,11 A 00646

Trustee Ronald L. Peterson filed a Motion seeking a Preliminary Injunction pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 362 and 105 of the Bankruptcy Code. He asked the court to enjoin the Brightwater Club Property Owners Association from pursuing its foreclosure rights under...

06/06/2011 In re Lancelot Investors Fund, L.P., et al

08 B 28225, 10 A 01805

The court denied the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss as to four fraudulent conveyance Counts in Trustee Peterson's adversary complaint concerning the Premium Payment Debtors' payment of nearly $6,000,000 for insurance against the risk of certain retailers becoming...

06/27/2011 In re John William Klacz

11 B 08863

The Court found that the Creditor’s filing of an Objection to Discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6) although deficient in form, was sufficient to constitute a complaint and provided notice that Creditor objected to Debtor’s discharge based on pending sexual assault...

Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar
Date Issuedsort descending Description
08/18/2010 In re Polo Builders, Inc., et al.; David R. Brown, Trustee v. Kamil Job, Manco Carpentry Group, Manco Construction, Inc., and Manco Homes, Inc.

04 B 23758, 06 A 01140

09/09/2010 In re Florica Marcela Bulgarea; Ilene F. Goldstein, Trustee v. National City Mortgage Company and LaSalle Bank, N.A., n/k/a Bank of America

08 B 19992, 08 A 01019

09/24/2010 In re Polo Builders, Inc., et al.; David R. Brown, Trustee v. Khuzem Merchant

04 B 23758, 06 A 01176

10/14/2010 In re marchFirst, Inc.; Andrew J. Maxwell, Trustee v. Penn Media

01 B 24742, 03 A 01141

10/27/2010 In re Andrew A. Jahelka;Wachovia Securities, LLC, n/k/a/ Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC v. Andrew A. Jahelka

09 B 20289, 10 A 00001

01/28/2011 In re Braden J. Adolph

09 B 32836

03/11/2011 In re Robert R. Williams;Fifth Third Bank v. Williams

10 B 12193, 10 A 01663

04/11/2011 In re marchFirst, Inc.

01 B 24742

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