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Richmond v. New Hampshire Supreme Court Comm. On Prof'l Conduct

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In a bankruptcy case involving underlying attorney disciplinary proceedings, a finding that an order to pay the costs of bringing disciplinary...

In Re Weaver

Bankruptcy Law, Government Law
In a decision involving an attempted appeal from a bankruptcy court decision under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of...

Mullin v. Travelers Indem. Co. of Connecticut

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Judgement Enforcement, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against defendant-insurer seeking a declaratory judgment that plaintiffs-property owners are entitled to recover from defendant the full...

In Re: Willett

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In a bankruptcy case, grant of debtor's motion to avoid a lien on their residence is reversed and remanded where for the purposes of a motion to avoid...

In the Matter of Soza

Bankruptcy Law, Insurance Law
In a bankruptcy case, approval of an exemption from the bankruptcy estate for an annuity purchased by debtors one day prior to filing their bankruptcy...

In re: Sandoval

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
In the context of bankruptcy law, 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(7) does not render nondischargeable a debt incurred by a debtor who has guaranteed a bail...

In Re: Schaefer Salt Recovery, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
In a bankruptcy case in which petitioner was accused of deliberately filing his petition frivolously in order to forestall a foreclosure action, an...

In re: M & S Grading, Inc.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising out of the bankruptcy of an excavation company that participated in employee-benefit plans wherein the plans and their trustees...

Burkhart v. Coleman

Bankruptcy Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action to quiet title, rulings that federal bankruptcy law does not preempt California protection of bona fide purchasers and that unauthorized...

Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz v. US

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In a case challenging application of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA), summary judgment for plaintiff is...