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STATE OF FLORIDA v. T.H. ORLANDO LTD.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case concerning an outstanding mortgage balance, defendant's claim for a refund of stamp and intangible taxes is granted where the transfer at...

MUSOLINO v. SINNREICH

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Property owned by a Chapter 13 bankruptcy debtor as tenancy by the entireties with a non-debtor, is not part of the bankruptcy estate and therefore...

WARING v. AUSTIN

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Bankruptcy court erred in finding that plaintiff-creditor justifiably relied on defendant-debtor's failure to disclose the existence of a lien, as...

HOWARD v. SURFACE TRANSP. BD.

Bankruptcy Law, Transportation
The bankruptcy court does not have the authority, under section 1170 of the Bankruptcy Code, to adversely abandon the lines or trackage rights of a...

BRIGGS v. LABARGE

Bankruptcy Law, Sanctions
Plaintiff violated Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9011 when he filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition without the debtor's signature, and the bankruptcy court did...

IN RE: HEARTLAND STEEL, INC.

Bankruptcy Law
In a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding, objections to statutory mechanic's lien claims were timely filed where Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a)applied to extend...

IN RE: SANABRIA

Bankruptcy Law
Bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion when it granted the creditor's request for relief from the automatic stay.

COOPERATIVE SUPPLY v. CORN-PRO NONSTOCK

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In an involuntary bankruptcy petition, defendant-debtor's appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, as the bankruptcy court has not yet entered a...

IN RE: LEASECO, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
The bankruptcy court did not err in holding that three of ten sales of used cars to a debtor were not according to "ordinary business terms," under...

IN RE: THRUSH

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Under Michigan's Mobile Home Commission Act, a security interest in a mobile home may only perfected by filing an application with the Mobile Home...