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Judge Janet S. Baer
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
02/07/2018 Estate of Rose M. Drabik, Mary Elizabeth Smith, Mary Katherine Paul, and Brenda Porter Helms, not individually but as chapter 7 trustee for the bankruptcy estate of James T. Drabik v. James T. Drabik (James T. Drabik)

15 B 07325, 15 A 00866
Plaintiffs Estate of Rose M. Drabik, Mary Elizabeth Smith, Mary Katherine Paul, and chapter 7 trustee Brenda Porter Helms (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”) filed an adversary complaint against James T. Drabik (the “Debtor”), seeking a denial of the Debtor’s...
12/27/2017 In re Christopher V. Pratola

17 B 11668
The chapter 13 trustee filed a motion to dismiss the case of Christopher V. Pratola pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1307(c).  The trustee asserted that there was cause for dismissal because Pratola owed educational debt of approximately $591,223 which exceeded the noncontingent,...
12/14/2017 Mark Simon v. Constantino Joseph Boccarsi and Cari Ann Coglianese (Constantino Joseph Boccarsi and Cari Ann Coglianese)

16 B 29319, 17 A 00176
Mark Simon filed an adversary complaint against Constantino Joseph Boccarsi and Cari Ann Coglianese (the “Debtors”), seeking a determination that a debt owed to him by the Debtors by virtue of the entry of a state court default judgment was not dischargeable...
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
01/22/2018 In re James and Alicia Allegretti

17 B 17844
Judge Timothy A. Barnes
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
12/22/2017 In re Stainless Sales Corporation

17 B 03148
Upon the application for administrative expense brought by a party to whom a prepetition assignee of the debtor’s assets for the benefit of creditors became obligated, held: while the movant is not entitled to seek reimbursement under the provision affording custodians...
12/21/2017 Walden Investments Group, LLC v. First Nations Bank, et al. (In re Anthony M. and Virginia J. Montemurro)

17 B 10230, 17 A 00401
Upon the motions of two adversary defendants to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim, held:  The complaint states a plausible claim for declaratory judgment of the plaintiff’s interest, as prepetition receiver of property of the estate, in such...
12/04/2017 In re Jennifer Robinson

17 B 12405
Upon a tax purchaser’s motion for relief from stay in a chapter 13 case, arguing that the expiration of the state-law period for redeeming taxes prior to the debtor filing for bankruptcy case gives cause to modify the stay, held: The tax purchaser has not established the...
09/08/2017 Barry A. Chatz, not individually but as the Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estate of Gurrie C. Rhoads, v. Alice Rhoads Living Trust Dated June 1, 2012 and Alice Rhoads (In re Gurrie Rhoads)

15 A 00819, 14 B 17886
Upon the chapter 7 trustee’s complaint under 11 U.S.C. § 363(h) seeking to sell all interests in real property held in a living trust in which the estate also has an interest, held: The trustee has established each element of section 363(h) to sell the real...
08/10/2017 In re Trina D. Whitlock-Young

17 B 05030
Upon the motion of a debtor statutorily without automatic stay protection to enforce the co-debtor stay, held: The debtor has standing to enforce the co-debtor stay regardless of whether or not she is protected by the automatic stay. As the postpetition judicial sale...
Chief Judge Jacqueline P. Cox
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
12/18/2017 In re Lombard Public Facilities Corporation

17 B 22517
The movants sought dismissal of this Chapter 11 case for cause alleging that the Debtor is an instrumentality of the Village of Lombard, and as such is not allowed to seek bankruptcy relief as a governmental unit.  The Debtor was incorporated by Lombard to construct and...
09/20/2017 In re Demetrius Adger

17 B 20163
The issue was whether Debtor Adger's filing of a Chapter 13 case on July 5, 2017 at 6:26 p.m., rather than before 5 p.m. when the Cook County Clerk's office closed was filed timely  for purposes of allowing the debtor to treat a tax purchaser's claim over the life of a...
09/13/2017 Christine F. Hernandez v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

09 B 49112, 17 A 00280
The Debtor sued Wells Fargo Home Mortgage alleging that it violated the discharge injunction when it sent her three informational letters concerning its lien. The court found that the creditor did no more than what Bankruptcy Code Section 524(j) allows...
08/02/2017 In re Erin V. McDougal; Tim Grover and Katherine Grover v. Erin V. McDougal

16 B 8776, 16 A 00356
Debtor Erin V. McDougal defaulted on rent payments under an apartment lease.  Her lessor asked that the debt owed be found to be non-dischargeable due to representations made by the Debtor alleged to be false. During the period the representations were being made...
Judge Thomas M. Lynch
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
12/05/2017 In re Robert R. LaPorta

17 B 82300
09/29/2017 Better Hearing, LLC v. James E. Hovis (In re Hearing Help Express, Inc.)

14 B 82161, 16 A 96043
09/01/2017 Patrick S. Layng v. Enrique Jaime (In re Enrique Jaime)

14 B 84356,  16 A 96048
08/31/2017 In re Lester D. Scott and Rosiland R. Scott

14 B 81270
Judge Deborah L. Thorne
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
11/16/2017 Tyeane Halbert v. James T. Dimas, as Secretary of the IL Dept. of Human Services, et al (In re Tyeane Halbert)

16 A 00479, 16 B 13005
10/02/2017 In re Argon Credit, LLC, et al.

16 B 39654
09/13/2017 Trinity 83 Development, LLC v. ColFin Midwest Funding, LLC (In re Trinity 83 Development, LLC)

17 A 00286, 16 B 24652

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