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Zimmerman, Rosenfeld, Gersh, & Leeds v. Larson

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
In an action for attorney fees, the debt owed to plaintiff-law firm, having arisen before defendant obtained a confirmed plan of reorganization under...

Dobrek v. Phelan

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
The debts of a commercial bail bondsman are non-dischargeable in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding under 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(7).

DeBold v. Case

Bankruptcy Law
The bankruptcy court erred in holding that plaintiff was not entitled to recover any amount of the gross proceeds of a settlement sum which had been...

Midland Cogeneration Venture v. Enron

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
In a bankruptcy action, denial of a creditor's motion for leave to amend a timely filed proof of claim against a debtor is affirmed where the...

In Re: Am. HomePatient, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law
Defendant-secured lenders' unsuccessfully challenge plaintiff's proposed plan of reorganization, imposed by the bankruptcy court pursuant to the...

Universal Oil Ltd. v. Allfirst Bank

Admiralty, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
The congressional grant of subject matter jurisdiction to the district courts to adjudicate in bankruptcy all property, wherever located, extends to...

In Re: Thompson

Bankruptcy Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
A restitution order from a state criminal prosecution for theft by deception, which directs payments to the fraud victim, is exempt from a Chapter 7...

In re: Flynn

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law
The Bankrupcty Appellate Panel erred when it decided that plaintiff was required to pay a pro-rata share of the attorney's fees incurred by the...

Integrated Health Serv. v. THCI Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In a bankruptcy action, the district court's grant of defendant's Motion to Transfer Venue was not an abuse of its discretion where the transfer of...

Hourly Employees v. Erie Forge & Steel, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
The district court did not err in concluding that plaintiff-employees are bound by a stipulation resolving a pending Application to Modify Retiree...