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1/18/2019 16-27850 William H. Thomas, Jr. Whether “cause” exists as contemplated under 11 U.S.C. § 1104(a)(1), such that a Chapter 11 trustee should be appointed in lieu of the debtor in possession, or whether such appointment of a trustee is in the interests of creditors as contemplated under 11 U.S.C. § 1104(a)(2).
10/18/2018 16-27850 16-00260 and 16-0026 William H. Thomas, Jr. Whether the doctrine of collateral estoppel is applicable?
9/26/2018 13-29432 18-00104 Terry Lyle Clothier and Barbara Jean Clothier Whether the tolling provision of § 507(a)(8)(A)(ii) applies to § 507(a)(8)(A)(i).
8/24/2018 16-27850 William H. Thomas, Jr. Can derivative standing be granted retroactively?
8/10/2018 13-29432 18-00104 Terry & Barbara Clothier Whether the tolling provision of 11 U.S.C. § 507(a)(8)(A)(ii)(II) applies to all of § 507(a)(8)(A) or only § 507(a)(8)(A)(ii).
7/2/2018 18-24703 Sherita Arleen Clinton-Briscoe Whether the debtor had the protection of the automatic stay when the debtor's home was sold at foreclosure?
7/2/2018 18-24703 18-00134 Sherita Arleen Clinton-Briscoe Whether the debtor had the protection of the automatic stay when the debtor's home was sold at foreclosure?
11/2/2017 15-31133 No Place Like Home, Inc. Whether a party may obtain the tax returns of another party when those tax returns have no real relevancy to the underlying matter beyond simply possibly impeaching the credibility of that party?
10/4/2017 14-22960 16-00075 Opus Medical Management, LLC Whether this court should impose sanctions (e.g., rendering a default judgment) pursuant to FED. R. BANKR. P. 7037 and FED. R. CIV. P. 37(b)(2)(A)(vi) on a party, who assertedly failed to sufficiently comply with the court’s prior Order compelling that party to respond to the discovery requests of the creditor by a date certain.
9/19/2017 17-20334 Heather Patrice Hogrobrooks Harris There are four issues in this case: (1) what should be the amount of the § 722 redemption value of the vehicle and how much time should the debtor have to pay the creditor the allowed secured claim in order to redeem the vehicle; (2) whether the creditor should be granted relief from the § 362(d) automatic stay (and related matters); (3) whether the debtor willfully violated this court’s order requiring the court to impose sanctions against her; and (4) whether the debtor should be granted a Chapter 7 discharge at this time under § 727(a).
3/27/2017 16-27850 William H. Thomas, Jr. Whether the bankruptcy court should stay two of its prior orders pending their appeal under FED. R. BANKR. P. 8007(a)(1)?
1/11/2017 16-27850 William H. Thomas, Jr. Whether this Court clearly erred creating a manifest injustice by granting a creditor’s prior motion for relief from the § 362(a) automatic stay under the Bankruptcy Code and another creditor’s motion for joinder thereto, such that the Order should be altered or amended pursuant to F.R.B.P. 9023, under the particular facts and circumstances and applicable law of this specific case.
10/27/2016 15-31133 No Place Like Home, Inc. Federal Arbitration Act: whether an arbitrator or the bankruptcy court should hear, determine, and liquidate wage and hour law claims that arose prior to the filing of the Chapter 11 case and deal with non-bankruptcy law?
8/11/2015 09-20539 13-00522 Ramco-Remodel America Corp. Whether a postpetition, court approved lump sum cash payment of $5,000 from Ramco to the Wallises constituted a full and complete satisfaction and resolution of a prepetition claim that the Wallises asserted against Ramco, a corporate entity, and also Les W. Stone, president of Ramco, or, instead, whether the $5,000 payment was merely and solely consideration for the withdrawal of the vote cast by the Wallises rejecting confirmation of the corporate plan of reorganization proposed by Ramco.
5/7/2015 09-20539 13-00522 Ramco-Remodel America Corp. Whether the attorney for Ramco, may testify at the trial of this adversary proceeding as to the substance of the postpetition communications exchanged between himself and the former attorney for the Wallises, who is now deceased, that ultimately gave rise to a Consent Order entered into by these parties, which resulted in the withdrawal of the Wallises rejection of Ramco’s Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.
12/16/2014 14-26711 LaShandra Michelle Turner Whether prepetition child support arrearages that are owed to the debtor, and are listed in her Schedule B, are property of the debtor's chapter 13 estate under 11 U.S.C. §§ 541 and 1306.
4/1/2019 12-26412-L 19-193 Joseph B. Sharp, II Whether counter-claim by counter-plaintiff that certain of Debtor's obligations under the parties' marital dissolution agreement are excepted from discharge under Code section 523(a)(2)(A) or 523(a)(6)should be dismissed.
1/29/2019 10-26100 18-00242 Performa Entertainment Real Estate, Inc. Whether the Bankruptcy Court should abstain from hearing this proceeding in favor of a Chancery Court action initiated by the defendant, Beale Street Development Corporation.
10/31/2018 17-30912-L Larry Parke Chinn Whether the Trustee's motion to approve compromise and settlement of a creditor's state court litigation against the debtor, with payment solely from insurance proceeds, would be granted over the objections of other creditors.
10/15/2018 18-20429-L 18-00079 Neal H. Labovitz Whether the United States was entitled to summary judgment on the Plaintiff's Complaint to Hold Creditor [IRS] and Tamika Buford in Contempt of Court.
9/26/2018 18-25100 18-00015 Raymond F. Thomas Whether a trustee in bankruptcy for one spouse may, pursuant to Code section 363(h), sell real property held in a tenancy by the entirety.
5/14/2018 18-20429 18-00010 Neal H. Labovitz Complaint to extend automatic stay, apply co-debtor stay, or issue an injunction to prevent the IRS from executing a levy on the investment account of the Debtor's non-filing wife to satisfy their joint tax obligation failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
5/10/2018 08-28289 14-00429 Earl Benard Blasingame and Margaret Gooch Blasingame Whether malpractice action against Debtors' initial attorneys was property of the Debtors or the bankruptcy estate.
5/8/2018 08-28289 Earl Benard Blasingame and Margaret Gooch Blasingame Whether the court should issue a stay of its order granting the case trustee's motion to abandon any interest of the estate in personal property possessed by the debtors at commencement of the case pending its appeal.
5/8/2018 17-26763 17-00252 Robert Dale Crum Whether complaint to determine dischargeability of a domestic obligation should be dismissed under Federal Rule Bankruptcy Procedure 7012(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
5/4/2018 08-28289 15-00021 Earl Benard Blasingame and Margaret Gooch Blasingame Whether complaint for a declaratory judgment determination of whether personal property possessed by the debtors at commencement of their case was owned by the debtors, by trusts, or by children of the debtors should be dismissed.
4/17/2018 17-25100 18-00015 Raymond F. Thomas Whether complaint should be dismissed pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), 12(b)(7), 12(d) or 19.
4/10/2018 08-28289 Earl Benard Blasingame and Margaret Gooch Blasingame Trustee's motion to abandon interest of the estate, if any, in adversary proceeding to determine ownership of personal property at commencement of the case was granted upon determination that the proceeding is of inconsequential value to the estate.
1/11/2018 17-28874 Mary Anne Johnson Whether deadlines to file a 707(b) motion to dismiss the case or a complaint to deny discharge could be extended upon reinstatement of the case. Court granted the motion to reinstate and extended the deadlines because the deadlines had not expired prior to reinstatement.
11/27/2017 08-28289 17-00048 Earl Benard and Margaret Blasingame Motion to certain issues for appeal under FRCP 54(b) in a non-final order was denied.
9/14/2017 16-27602-L 16-00307 Glen A. McAlexander Whether a workers' compensation judgment rendered against the debtor-defendant in favor of the plaintiff should be excepted from discharge under Code section 523(a)4) or 523(a)(6).
8/24/2017 13-22513 15-00209 Gregory Don Shaw Whether the portion of a landlord's judgment for Debtor's holdover occupancy of property was discharged in bankruptcy case.
8/18/2017 08-28289-L 17-00048 Earl Benard and Margaret Gooch Blasingame Whether the complaint should be dismissed under FRBP 7012(b)(1) because the claim asserted therein was previously sold to Church JV and is no longer property of the estate.
8/18/2017 08-28289-L 09-00049 Earl Benard Blasingame and Marageret Gooch Blasingame Whether, under FRBP 7012(b)(1), the complaint should be dismissed because the claim asserted had previously been sold to Church JV, LP and was no longer property of the estate.
3/29/2017 05-23072 Faye Foods, Inc. There are two isssues: what is the tax refund amount to which the debtor, Faye Foods, is entitled; and is the reorganized debtor entitled damages or sanctions as a result of the tax levy?
1/10/2017 08-28289 15-339 Earl Benard Blasingame and Margaret Gooch Blasingame Whether or not the Debtors hold a life estate in their residence.
9/23/2016 08-28289 15-00021 Earl Benard Blasingame & Margaret Gooch Blasingame Whether bankruptcy court had subject mater jurisdiction to enforce purported settlement agreement.
6/15/2016 05-15794 07-5152 Cecil Ray Davis Trustee's complaint to recover as preferential or fraudulent transfers the value of loan payments made to a bank holding real property as collateral prior to the order for relief against the non-filing spouse of a Ponzi scheme perpetrator who benefitted from the transfers.
4/11/2016 15-28841 Robert Erskine Whether two bank accounts, held in the name of an LLC/Debtor, must be turned over to the TIB as property of the estate. The Debtor argued that the membership interest in the LLC was held in a Tennessee Investment Services Trust, and the accounts were thus excluded from the estate by 541(c)(2).
3/14/2016 13-22513 15-00209 Gregory Don Shaw, Jr. Whether a judgment against the Debtor arising out of a lease agreement was discharged in the Debtor's bankruptcy case.
2/5/2016 05-23072-L Faye Foods, Inc. Whether TDOR violated the discharge injunction or plan confirmation order when, post-confirmmation, it levied upon Debtor's bank account.
2/8/2018 17-28243 17-00260 JAMES SKEFOS Permissive abstention of previously filed state law cause of action.
8/10/2017 16-24467 FREDERICK TALLIAFERRO HODGES Judicial estoppel barring statements that are inconsistent with petition and schedules.
6/30/2017 17-25049 William Thomas Newton Lack of good faith in filing petition as "cause" for granting relief from the automatic stay.
3/30/2012 12-20847 MICHAEL W. SMITH Whether a bankruptcy court should issue a writ of habeus corpus ad testificandum to secure a state or federal preisoner's appearance in federal court even though filing requirements have not been satisified.
3/29/2012 12-20847 MICHAEL W. SMITH Whether a debtor's dismissal is appropriate when the debtor has failed to complete the filing requirements and failed to complete the credit counseling requirment.
7/29/2010 10-24178 VILLAGE GREEN I, GP Whether there was a prepetition absolute assignment of rents or whether rents are property of the Debtor's estate and available for use as cash collateral.
4/12/2010 09-24507 09-00299 VML COMPANY, LLC Whether the language of an initial financing statement limits the extent to which a claim in the described collateral is perfected, or if the language is sufficient to perfect an interest in the Debtor’s collateral wherever it is located.
3/10/2010 06-24521 08-00261 KEVIN J. NAUGHTON Whether the party exercised the requisite dominion and control over the trust's res as would be necessary for it to be considered an initial transferee under § 550.
1/8/2010 09-26523 CAYD HANIBAL II, INC. Whether the Debtor can prove that there is a "reasonable possibility of a successful reorganization within a reasonable time" as is necessary to defeat a motion for relief from the automatic stay brought pursuant to § 362(d)(2).
1/4/2010 09-30584 09-00504 ROBERT JOHNSON Whether the postponement of a foreclosure sale is a violation of the automatic stay under § 362(k).
6/10/2009 08-24510; 08-24506 HURRICANE MEMPHIS, LLC and BEALE STREET PROPERTIES, LLC Whether the Debtor's proposed plan complies with all the provisions of § 1129.
3/24/2008 05-32722 HART'S MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. Whether to confirm the sale of real property conducted by auction pursuant to a confirmed plan of liquidation.
3/7/2018 14-22272 15-00267 Thomas W. Hart Whether the Debtor's testimony regarding the value of his business interests constitute a false oath pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 727(a)(4)(A) sufficient to satisfy a denial of the Chapter 7 discharge based on fraud as provided by 727(d)(1).
2/28/2017 16-31170 16-00321 Shirley Hallom Tucker Whether the Debtor still retained the right to redeem the vehicle on the date that the Chapter 13 petition was filed.
12/15/2016 14-22272 15-00267 Thomas W. Hart Was creditor entitled to summary judgment regarding revocation of discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C § 727 based on alleged fraud and false?
1/14/2016 13-28399 Michael A. Rubin Whether T.C.A. § 56-7-203 grants an exemption for the cash surrender value of debtor's life insurance policy when the named beneficiary is the debtor's estate?
3/4/2015 13-32792 Charles Reid Veitenheimer Can a debtor reclassify a claim unser § 1329 and In re Nolan?
9/29/2014 11-23217 13-00180 William R. Hyneman Is summary judgment appropriate regarding plaintiff's objection to discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(3) and/or (a)(5)?
3/24/2014 12-22503 12-00561 Joseph T. Ausley and Sheila Ausley Whether debtors committed willful and malicious injury within the meaning of the dischargeability exception of § 523(a)(6) when debtors took advantage of a computer error to obtain and execute on state court writ of possession against plaintiff? Is state court default judgment nondischageable pursuant to § 523(a)(6)? Dollar amount of state court judgment is binding on bankruptcy court.
11/6/2012 09-22762 09-00122 William L. Phillips and Theresa A. Phillips Whether a student loan first became due 5 years prior to bankruptcy filing and, therefore, dischargeable pursuant to § 523(a)(8)(A)?
11/10/2011 10-10713 MELINDA KAY HOLDEMAN Whether a prior order authorizing a chapter 7 trustee to disburse funds may be set aside.
5/27/2011 09-14982 10-05041 ALABAMA CHEYENNE MORRISON and CRYSTAL DANNETTE MORRISON Whether a debtor should be denied a discharge under §§ 727(a)(3) or (a)(6).
5/18/2010 09-14165 SOUTHERN FARMLAND PROPERTIES, INC. Whether relief from the automatic stay is appropriate pursuant to § 362(d)(1) or (2).
12/14/2009 04-12129 09-05129 WILLIE LEE COOK and ANGELA D. COOK Whether the state's actual notice of the turnover order is sufficient, under Tennessee state law, to find them in contempt of court despite the debtors' failure to properly serve the state.
11/24/2009 08-14039 09-05088 JIMMY THORNTON and JUDY ELAINE THORNTON Whether a debtor may appear on a complaint for default judgment having never filed a motion, answer, or any other response; and whether the motion for default judgment is appropriately before the court.
9/9/2009 08-10797 JAMES MICHAEL MCDONALD Whether granting of security interests were properly perfected such that they are avoidable preferential transfers under §§ 547 and 550.
7/30/2009 09-11598 EVERETT BRADLEY WILLIAMS and SHERIA MICHELE WILLIAMS Whether the debtors had a property interest in a check at the time their chapter 12 petition was filed such that the check became property of the estate under § 541.
6/16/2009 09-10745 MADCO PRODUCTS, INC. Whether relief under § 362(d) should be granted because property is not necessary for an effective reorganization.
11/10/2008 00-10435 07-05102 STEPHEN K. REAVES Whether the court has sufficient personal jurisdiction over the party so as to render the contempt judgment against them valid; and whether the court has subject matter jurisdiction to rule on post-discharge defaults.
10/30/2008 01-14168 02-05177 J. LYLE SMITH Whether a motion for a jury trial can be granted; and whether the court has jurisdiction to preside over the jury trial.
6/17/2008 07-13228 JAMES E. HURT, JR. Whether the bankruptcy court has jurisdiction to suspend child support payments.
12/13/2007 05-132212 05-05238 JEFFERY A. D. GENESY Whether a mortgage on a property is secured or unsecured for purposes of 1322(b).
8/22/2007 06-13200 07-05029 WILLIAM EARL COX Whether there is equity supporting a second mortgage as a secured debt in a plan; and whether the debtor is entitled to avoid the lien under § 506.
7/20/2007 05-15437 C & W MANUFACTURING, INC. Whether a debtor's cramdown plan under § 1129(b) is confirmable as fair and equitable.
5/2/2007 97-10601 06-05242 HARLON PATRICK HRYHORCHUK Whether a prior judgment entered against the debtor in a pre-BAPCA chapter 7 case and labeled as nondischargeable is dischargeable in a subsequent chapter 13 case filed after BAPCA was implemented.
8/29/2006 04-12327 CHARLES PAUL GRAESER Whether a debtor can reclassify any deficiency balance owing to a secured creditor as unsecured.
6/23/2006 06-10199 CHARLES ROBERT ROSS & CYNTHIA J. ROSS Whether the debtor should be required to pay either the contractual rate or the "prime plus" rate for a claim to be paid in a chapter 13 plan under § 1325(a)(5)(B).
3/20/2006 04-14185 04-05377 DON & PATRICIA HOPPER Whether a state court judgment awarded to the plaintiff against the debtors is dischargeable under § 523(a)(6) as a willful and malicious injury.

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 § 722
 § 362
 § 727
 § 362
 § 550
 § 362
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 § 1129
 § 727
 § 56
 § 1329
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 § 523
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 § 362
 § 541
 § 362
 § 506
 § 1129
 § 1325
 § 523