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In re: Schick

Bankruptcy Law
A lien held by the New Jersey Motor Vehicles Commission for unpaid motor vehicle surcharges and interest constitutes a statutory lien as defined in...

Disch v. Rasmussen

Bankruptcy Law
The bankruptcy court's revocation of plaintiff's discharge of debts is affirmed where the vacation of an order of discharge is an appropriate exercise...

Parker v. Student Loan Guar.

Bankruptcy Law, Education Law
Bankruptcy court erred in granting plaintiff-debtor a discharge from her student loans where she failed to show that excepting her loans would result...

Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Greenwich Ins. Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Debt Collection, Insurance Law
In a commercial dispute concerning a claim made on a surety bond issued by one insurer to another, recovery on the bond in favor of plaintiff is...

Belda v. Marshall

Bankruptcy Law, Education Law
In a bankruptcy case, plaintiff's appeal of an order reversing confirmation of his reorganization plan is dismissed as moot.

United Airlines v. HSBC Bank

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
In a bankruptcy action concerning United Airlines, plaintiff-airline's complex transactions to obtain money to build or improve premises at airports...

Clauss v. Church

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law
The bankruptcy court did not err in finding that plaintiff failed to prove that a debt owed him for attorney's fees is nondischargeable pursuant to 11...

In Re: Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
A nondebtor release in a plan of reorganization should not be approved absent the finding that truly unusual circumstances render the release terms...

Jacobus v. Binns

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In a bankruptcy action, summary judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed where the district court improperly found that a state court default...

Williams v. Wells Fargo Fin.

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiff-trustee's complaint to avoid a lien should have been granted where the deed and acknowledgement in issue did not comply with Mississippi law...