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Hodge v. Sinclair

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
The disposable earning exemption found in LA. REV. STAT. ANN. section 13:3881(1)(a) does not protect wages once they have been deposited into a bank...

AMB Prop. v. Official Creditors

Bankruptcy Law, Landlord Tenant Law
A landlord is required to deduct the amount of security held under a lease with a debtor from the allowable claim for damages as a result of the...

Smith v. Am. Airlines

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
In an employment dispute, dismissal of plaintiff's suit under the Railway Labor Act is affirmed over her claim that the transition collective...

Cadle Co. v. Martinez

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
A prevailing debtor in a dischargeability action brought by his creditor can recover his attorney's fees and costs incurred in those dischargeability...

Mickowski v. Visi-Trak Worldwide

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Judgement Enforcement
Defendant, which purchased the remaining assets of a bankrupt corporation, cannot be held liable as a successor to the corporation's liability for an...

Peltz v. Edward Vancil, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law
In a preference action to recover a payment made within 90 days prior to a bankruptcy filing, judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed where the...

In re: Lang

Bankruptcy Law
In a bankruptcy action, the failure to comply with the deadline for the filing of a notice of appeal due to the press of other business does not...

Pilate v. Burrell

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Plaintiff's claims for denial of discharge of debt were rendered moot when the bankruptcy court denied discharge on other grounds while plaintiff's...

Bank of Montreal v. Am. HomePatient, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence
The bankruptcy court's determination of the amount of damages resulting from defendant-debtor's rejection of an executory contract during chapter 11...

Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc. v. Cage

Bankruptcy Law
In a bankruptcy case, the trustee of a debtor may avoid the debtor's transfer of funds where the transfer was a preferential payment of pre-existing...