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Miles v. Beneficial Massachusetts, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
District court's reimposition of an automatic stay in a bankruptcy proceeding is affirmed since a creditor could not prevail in its appeal since it...

G.H. Leidenheimer Baking Co., Ltd. v. Sharp

Bankruptcy Law
Bankruptcy court's treatment of preference payments certain suppliers received from a grocery store chain before it filed bankruptcy is affirmed with...

In the Matter of: Whitaker Constr. Co., Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Debt Collection, Insurance Law
Judgment for defendant in one action and plaintiff in another on claims by a subcontractor against a surety for construction work is affirmed where:...

Burgess v. Sikes

Agriculture, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment in favor of a bankruptcy trustee involving a bankruptcy estate's recovery of certain relief funds is reversed where a crop disaster-relief...

Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors of PSA, Inc. v. Edwards

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Dismissal of plaintiff-bankruptcy trustee's complaint against entities allegedly involved in a massive Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors is...

Stewart v. W. Heritage Ins. Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Order staying a breach of insurance contract and bad faith case involving a default judgment in an underlying wrongful death case pending the...

Law v. Stover

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Orders sustaining defendant-bankruptcy trustee's objection to plaintiff-debtors' claim of exemption in portions of their federal tax refunds involving...

Roberts v. Pierce

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
Order granting in part, and disallowing in part, a proof of claim in a bankruptcy proceeding is affirmed where the bankruptcy court did not abuse its...

Cage v. Wyo-Ben, Inc.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendants-creditors involving a bankruptcy trustee's attempt to void certain transfers to defendants in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy...

Cent. Virginia Cmty. Coll. v. Katz

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection, Education Law
A bankruptcy trustee's proceeding to set aside the debtor's preferential transfers to state agencies is not barred by sovereign immunity. Pursuant to...