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Judge Deborah L. Thorne
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
02/17/2021 N. Neville Reid, Trustee v. Michael Wolf, et al. (In re Michael A. Wolf)

14 B 27066, 16 A 00481

02/02/2021 In re Laurel A. Bird

17-02072

08/10/2020 In re Heather Kolask. Kolaski v. Kolaski

19-36229 20-00110

Judge Timothy A. Barnes
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
02/05/2021 David P. Liebowitz, as Chapter 7 Trustee for the Estate of Gayety Candy Co., Inc. v. Kalamata Capital LLC,... (In re Gayety Candy Co., Inc.)

18bk32437, 20ap00010
Upon the crossing motions for summary judgment brought by the Internal Revenue Service and the Illinois Department of Revenue to determine priority of liens under section 506, the IRS and IDOR each assert that no genuine issue of material fact exists necessitating...

09/30/2020 In re Kimball Hill, Inc., et al.

08bk10095
Upon the vacation, in part, and remand by the District Court of this court’s order granting a motion seeking enforcement of this court’s confirmation order and damages arising from the alleged violation committed by the debtors’ prepetition surety, filed by successor to the...

09/02/2020 Joel F. Handler v. Emily Moore (In re Emily Moore)

19bk31162, 20ap00074
Upon the debtor’s motion to dismiss a single-count adversary complaint brought under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), held:  As is required, the court draws all reasonable inferences in the favor...

08/25/2020 In re Rosebud Farm, Inc.

18bk24763
On the chapter 7 trustee’s objection to the secured status and amount of a claim for fees and costs of counsel for the plaintiff in a prepetition action against the debtor, held: The claim for attorney’s fees and costs is unsecured as the order awarding such fees and costs...

Chief Judge Jacqueline P. Cox
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
02/04/2021 Joseph C. Sheehan

20 B 07130
The court denied a Chapter 11 debtor’s Motion Pursuant to Rule 2004 to examine individuals and entities in Ireland and the United Kingdom for two reasons:  (1) he had not served them according to the Hague Service Convention, noting that the rules that allow nationwide...

Judge Thomas M. Lynch
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
02/01/2021 William Perez v. State Bank (In re William Perez)

16-82933, 18-96030
On cross-motions for summary judgment on the Debtor’s adversary complaint seeking declaratory relief as to the meaning and effect of three reaffirmation agreements previously authorized after notice and hearing, the court granted judgment in favor of State Bank and...

09/30/2020 In re Osvaldo Amaro

20-80051
In this chapter 7 case, the United States Trustee filed two motions to dismiss pursuant to sections 707(b)(2) and 707(b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtor objected to the motions and argued, as a preliminary issue of law, that the “means test” in section 707(b)(2) does...

09/29/2020 Joseph D. Olsen v. James D. Paulsen, et al. (In re James D. Paulsen)

19-82505, 20-96020
The court denied the Defendants’ motion to dismiss the adversary complaint filed by the chapter 7 trustee, which sought, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 544(b) and 735 ILCS 5/12-112, to avoid the Defendants’ transfer of their joint tenancy interest in their residence to a...

09/21/2020 In re Thomas G. Gialamas

18-13341 (Western District of Wisconsin)
Prior to this bankruptcy case, a Wisconsin circuit court had appointed F. John Stark, III as the supplemental receiver in a post-judgment enforcement action by creditor Erick Hallick against the Debtor. The confirmed chapter 11 plan of...

09/01/2020 McHenry Savings Bank v. James D. Paulsen (In re James D. Paulsen)

19-82505, 20-96006
The court denied the Defendant’s motion to dismiss the adversary complaint, which sought a denial of discharge pursuant to section 727(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code. The court determined that the Defendant’s timeliness argument was not appropriate under Rule 12(b...

Judge Donald R. Cassling
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
01/20/2021 Villa Oaks, LLC v. Sohail A. Shakir (In re Sohail A. Shakir)

20 B 01252, 20 A 00352

11/03/2020 Nancy R. Hauser et al. v. David B. Slagter (In re David B. Slagter)

20 B 05112, 20 A 00212

10/15/2020 In re Wanda M. Williams

20 B 10324

Judge David D. Cleary
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
01/14/2021 Grant Manny and Katharine Lennox vs. Eric M. Udelhoven (In re Eric M. Udelhoven)

19 B 4105, 19 A 918
Plaintiffs sought a determination that their claim was nondischargeable and that the Debtor/Defendant’s discharge should be denied.  Held: Plaintiffs’ contract was with an LLC of which Defendant was the sole member.  The corporate veil would not be pierced.  Even...

10/22/2020 In re Concepts America, Inc.

14 B 34232
Chapter 7 trustee objected to creditor’s proof of claim, asking the court to reclassify it from secured to unsecured and to reduce the amount.  Held: (1) an objection to claim was the proper procedural posture to resolve the matter; (2) due to the debtor’s delays, a state...

Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
12/16/2020 In re Michael Hughes

18 B 11700

Judge Janet S. Baer
Date Issuedsort ascending Description
09/24/2020 Boscarino v. Borsellino (In re Lewis J. Borsellino)

17 B 07037, 17 A 00319
Plaintiff and judgment creditor Nick Boscarino filed an adversary complaint against debtor-defendant Lewis J. Borsellino, seeking (1) a determination that the debt owed to him by Borsellino was not dischargeable pursuant to § 523(a)(6), and (2) denial of...

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