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Date Issuedsort ascending Description
04/02/2015 In re Kimberly Gail Ludwig; Nancy Schaul, as Administrator for the Estate of Gary Crawford v. Kimberly Gail Ludwig

13 B 32960, 13 A 01345

03/09/2015 In re Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., et al.

15 B 1145

02/25/2015 In re Barry R. Gibrick; Consumers Credit Union v. Gibrick

12 B 19952, 12 A 01195

02/13/2015 In re Mark J. Hivon; Stair One, Inc. v. Hivon

14 B 26441, 14 A 00710

01/21/2015 In re Christine Ye Young Lee

14 B 29989

12/22/2014 In re John Paul Strauss; Bank of Commerce & Trust Co. v. John Paul Strauss

12 B 10839, 12 A 00943

Chief Judge Jacqueline P. Cox
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
04/01/2015 In re Michael Bahary & Steven Bahary Partnership

11 B 41826
In this post-confirmation Chapter 11 proceeding, the Michael Bahary & Steven Bahary Partnership (“the Reorganized Debtor”) filed a Motion for a Rule to Show Cause requiring Napleton Enterprises, LLC (“Napleton”) and its counsel to show cause why they should not be held...

02/11/2015 In re Mayer Eisenstein, M.D.; Jerry Haugland, et al. v. Mayer Eisenstein, M.D.

13 B 01449, 13 A 01050
Prepetition, the parties to the medical malpractice suits participated in a mediation conference presided over by a former Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The mediation was successful, and resulted in the entry of a July 21, 2008...

01/13/2015 In re Michael Bahary & Steven Bahary Partnership

11 B 41826
In this post-confirmation Chapter 11 proceeding, Michael Bahary & Steven Bahary Partnership (“the Reorganized Debtor”) filed a Motion for a Rule to Show Cause requiring Napleton Enterprises, LLC (“Napleton”) and its counsel to show cause why they should not be held in...

01/09/2015 In re Samuel L. Brimmage; Samuel L. Brimmage v. Quantum3 Group LLC and Elite Recovery Acquisitions, LLC

13 B 29753, 14 A 00674
In this Chapter 13 adversary proceeding, the Debtor-Plaintiff, Samuel Brimmage, alleges that the Defendants, Quatnum3 Group LLC and Elite Recovery Acquisition, LLC, violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by filing a proof of claim on a debt that...

12/17/2014 In re Dennis Wians & Dorothea Wians; Kenneth Wians, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Clara Wians v. Dennis Wians and Dorothea Wians

13 B 38149, 14 A 00177
In this Chapter 7 adversary proceeding, Plaintiff Kenneth Wians, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Clara Wians, filed a Motion for entry of Summary Judgment against Defendant Dennis Wians on a complaint seeking to except a debt from discharge under...

11/07/2014 In re Tiffany Armstrong

14 B 18107
In this unpublished decision, the Court denied the Motion of Oasis Legal Finance, LLC (“Oasis”) to Alter or Amend portions of its Order disapproving a reaffirmation agreement where (1) Oasis appeared to tie enforcement of its claim to the Debtor’s receipt of a workers...

11/07/2014 In re Luis Medina, Jr.

14 B 27755
In this Chapter 11 proceeding, the Debtor’s sixth bankruptcy filing in four years, the Court dismissed Debtor’s case for cause under 11 U.S.C. § 1112(b)(1), finding that the Debtor’s financial circumstances made it clear that he would be unable to propose a confirmable plan...

10/21/2014 In re Castle Home Builders, Inc., et al.

11 B 19428 (jointly administered)
In this post-confirmation Chapter 11 proceeding, the Reorganized Debtor filed a Motion to Enforce Confirmation Order and For the Imposition for Sanctions, arguing that notwithstanding the modified mortgage terms set forth in its Confirmed Plans,...

Judge Timothy A. Barnes
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
03/02/2015 Schaumburg Bank & Trust Company, N.A. v. Thomas Hartford (In re Thomas Hartford )

13 B 37655, 14 A 00100
Upon the creditor’s adversary complaint objecting to the Debtor’s discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(7), wherein the creditor alleged that the Debtor violated 11 U.S.C. §§ 727(a)(2), (3) and (4)  in the bankruptcy case of the company of which the Debtor was sole...

12/31/2014 Ebner v. Kaiser, et al. (In re Jordan Kaiser)

11 B 41555, 13 A 01243
Upon certain defendants’ motions to dismiss the Trustee’s fraudulent conveyance adversary complaint on statute of limitations grounds, the Trustee argues that it may rely on such longer statute of limitations as may be applicable to the IRS as an actual...

10/15/2014 Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. v. Stephen A. Wolf (In re Stephen A. Wolf)

11 B 00701, 11 A 00966
Upon the Creditor’s commenced adversary complaint against Debtor seeking a determination that a debt allegedly owed by the Debtor to the Creditor is nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) and (a)(6), wherein the Creditor alleged that the debtor obtained...

Judge Donald R. Cassling
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
02/09/2015 Brandt, Jr. v. Rohr-Alpha, Inc. (In re Equipment Acquisition Resources, Inc.)

09 B 39937, 11 A 02147

Judge Janet S. Baer
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
10/30/2014 In re River Road Hotel Partners, LLC

09 B 30029
Debtors’ financial advisor filed an application for compensation that included a request for a “restructuring fee” based on the percentage of indebtedness involved in any restructuring. Plan transferee objected to the restructuring fee because the restructuring that took...

09/30/2014 Carter v. Sallie Mae, Illinois Student Assistance Commission, U.S. Department of Education, and Educational Credit Management Corporation (In re Carter)

12 B 35492, 12 A 01889
Pro se debtor Gabriela Carter commenced an adversary proceeding seeking to discharge her educational loan debt owed to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and Educational Credit Management Corporation pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8).  The issue...

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