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Court Opinions Database
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Keywords/Topic | Date | Title | Description | Judge | |
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Discharge | 10/06/2004 | National Printing and Packaging Co. v. Cynthia M. Stearns (In re Stearns) |
Revocation of discharge, 727(d); "fraud in fact" must be discovered after discharge |
Judge James Starzynski | |
Confirmation | 10/06/2004 | Randall S. Ferguson and Donna Renee Ferguson |
"Totality of circumstances" considerations in chapter 13 plan confirmation; reduced retirement funding could continue if debtors made up difference. |
Judge James Starzynski | |
Exemptions | 10/05/2004 | Andrew Gregory Fresquez and Debbie Ella Fresquez |
Debtors cannot amend to exempt fraudulently omitted asset. 522 |
Judge James Starzynski | |
Abstention | 10/01/2004 | Western Bank - Alamogordo, et al. v. Joel T. Danley (In re Danley) |
Removed foreclosure case: abstention, remand, 28 USC 1334(c); noncore |
Judge James Starzynski | |
Automatic Stay | 09/30/2004 | Joel T. Danley |
Automatic stay; 362(d) |
Judge James Starzynski | |
Chapter 11, Confirmation | 09/28/2004 | Investment Company of the Southwest, Inc. |
Cram down confirmation of chapter 11 plan; fair & equitable; feasibility; absolute priority rule; release prices for properties subject to blanket lien, rev'd., 341 B.R. 298 (10th Cir. BAP 2006) |
Judge James Starzynski | |
Chapter 13 | 09/03/2004 | Colleen Fry-Tafoya |
109(e) Calculation of eligibility for chapter 13 |
Judge James Starzynski | |
Dischargeability, Jurisdiction | 09/02/2004 | Sandia Area Federal Credit Union v. Lucia Toledo (In re Toledo) |
Court lacks jurisdiction over nondebtor defendants in 523 action |
Judge James Starzynski | |
Dismissal or Conversion | 04/16/2004 | Desks By Design, Inc., et al. v. Ralph Laranaga III (In re D IV Designs, Inc.) |
Motion to dismiss conversion claim |
Judge James Starzynski | |
Discharge, Summary Judgment | 04/16/2004 | National Printing and Packaging Co. v. Cynthia M. Stearns (In re Stearns) |
Motion for summary judgment in discharge recovation case; record failed to establish fraud |
Judge James Starzynski |