Source: https://opinions.abi.org/homeview?page=1261
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 03:50:50+00:00

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Plaintiff trustee sought a revocation, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 727(d)(1) and (2), of defendant debtor's discharge in bankruptcy.
Failure to disclose probate claim, proceeds of which were forwarded to trustee by debtor's attorney, was not grounds for revocation of discharge.
Chapter 11 debtor brought an adversary proceeding pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 547(b) and 550(a) against defendant for the recovery of preferential transfers made by debtor to defendant.
Defendant in preference proceeding was not entitled to credit for payments to third parties on debtor's behalf.
Plaintiff debtors filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy. The debtors sued defendants, including a loan servicer and a university, for a determination that their educational loans were dischargeable pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8).
Discharge of student loan debt denied where debtor could afford payments with reasonable reduction in monthly expenses.
Plaintiff, a bankruptcy plan trustee, filed an adversary proceeding against defendants, an insurance company and its attorneys, for, inter alia, an injunction that would prevent defendants from proceeding with an action and arbitration in Bermuda, sanctions for violations of the Barton doctrine, and breach of contract. The matter was referred to a bankruptcy court. Defendants filed a motion to withdraw the reference to a bankruptcy court.
Court declined to withdraw reference of proceeding seeking injunction preventing continuation of Bermuda arbitration proceeding.
Appellant sureties challenged an order from a United States bankruptcy court, which granted a summary judgment motion filed by appellees, a debtor and several of its subsidiaries, and denied the sureties'motion to reconsider the denial of their application for allowance of an administrative claim. In their application, the sureties sought allowance of the premiums accrued on certain bonds as an administrative expense under 11 U.S.C. § 503(b).
Bankruptcy court did not err in finding that sureties were not entitled to administrative expense claim for premiums accrued on prepetition bonds.
Before the court was the "Emergency Petition for Rule to Show Cause for Violation of Bankruptcy Discharge Injunction" filed by debtors. The creditor concerned opposed the requested relief.
Post-reposssession letter claiming deficiency violated discharge injunction.
Defendant original creditor and intervening defendant successor creditor, filed a motion to dismiss chapter 7 debtor's claim, which sought damages pursuant to Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93 and ch. 93A for the original creditor's allegedly unfair and deceptive debt collection practices.
State law unfair debt collection action was not related to bankruptcy.
Appellant creditors appealed an order of the bankruptcy court, which discharged appellee debtor's student loans pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8).
Bankruptcy court erred in granting undue hardship discharge of student loan debt where debtor had sufficient discretionary income to cover payments.
A secured creditor filed a motion pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362(h) and (j), asking the court to issue an order confirming that the automatic stay in a chapter 7 debtor's bankruptcy case had terminated. The court, on its own initiative, held a hearing on the issue of whether section 362(j) applied when the alleged basis for termination of the stay was found in section 362(h) rather than in section 362(c), the subsection specifically referenced in section 362(j).
Court was not authorized to issue a "comfort order" where stay had terminated pursuant to section 362(h) rather than section 362(c).
The United States Trustee ("UST") filed a motion to dismiss the chapter 7 case of a debtor for abuse pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 707(b)(1) and (3).
Court considered debtor's anticipated income and expenses in dismissing chapter 7 case for substantial abuse.
Plaintiff debtor filed a complaint against defendant creditors to determine the dischargeability of his student loans based on undue hardship under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8).
Fainting spells and depression were not grounds for undue hardship discharge of student loan debt where they would not prevent debtor from finding or maintaining employment.
A chapter 13 case came before the court for a hearing on confirmation of the debtors'plan. The chapter 13 trustee objected to confirmation, contending that the plan failed to pay all of the debtors'projected disposable income.
Confirmation denied where plan included deductions for payments on secured debt which would be avoided by surrender of collateral.
Chapter 7 trustee brought an adversary proceeding against a creditor, alleging that a payment by the debtor prior to the bankruptcy filing was a voidable preference under 11 U.S.C. § 547(b)(4)(A). The parties cross-moved for summary judgment.
Payment to creditor with funds held by debtor and spouse as tenants by the entirety was not avoidable.
Appellant debtor sought review of a bankruptcy court's order allowing the claims of appellee creditors. The debtor did not seek a stay of the order allowing the creditors'claims, and the debtor did not appeal the bankruptcy court's approval of the trustee's plan of reorganization. The creditors contended that the appeal was equitably moot.
Bankruptcy court properly allowed presumptively valid claims absent evidence from debtor that would rebut the claims.

References: § 727
 § 523
 § 503
 § 523
 § 362
 § 707
 § 523
 § 547