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In the Matter of: TXNB Internal Case

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Oil and Gas Law
In a natural gas producer's conversion action against Duke Energy company arising out of certain natural gas sales, summary judgment for Duke is...

Puerto Rico Tel. Co. v. Advanced Cellular Sys., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Communications Law, Contracts
In a contract dispute between a phone company and a cell phone reseller centering around money owed for fraudulent use of cellphone numbers provided...

Binder & Binder PC v. Barnhart

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
In case where plaintiff law firm sought to declare invalid defendant's demand for the return of legal fees awarded to pay for law firm's...

Alpert v. US

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Government Law, Tax Law
In an appeal involving a claim for a refund of overpaid taxes, summary judgment for the government is affirmed where taxpayers failed to present any...

In re: Insilco Techs., Inc. v. Shandler

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A
In an appeal arising out of the claim allowance process in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation, an order dismissing a liquidating trustee's objections...

Travelers Cas. & Surety Co. of Am. v. Pac. Gas & Elec. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Public Utilities
Federal bankruptcy law does not disallow contract-based claims for attorney's fees based solely on the fact that the fees were incurred litigating...

In the Matter of: Ark-La-Tex Timber Co., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
Decisions resolving competing claims of two secured creditors to proceeds resulting from an auction of nontitled movables formerly owned by a bankrupt...

In re: Troff

Bankruptcy Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(7) does not permit a debtor in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding to discharge a restitution obligation imposed as part of a...

Universal Guar. Life Ins. Co. v. Coughlin

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
Bankruptcy court decision that a loan was not secured by the bankrupt hospital's accounts receivable is reversed where there was no contradiction or...

Fifth Third Bank, Indiana v. Edgar County Bank & Trust

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In an adversary proceeding during a bankruptcy, the judgment of the bankruptcy court is affirmed where corporate officers of the bankrupt company...