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In The Matter of: Scotia Pac. Co. LLC

Agriculture, Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a bankruptcy case involving debtor-limited liability company whose business was to derive maximum revenue from timber grown on certain lands...

Commercial Money Ctr., Inc. v. Illinois Union Ins. Co.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a dispute over an insurer's obligations, which arose within part of multidistrict litigation resulting out of the collapse of plaintiff-bankruptcy...

In re: Cohen

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
In an appeal arising from an adversary complaint in bankruptcy proceedings alleging that a loan to debtor was not dischargeable in bankruptcy, summary...

Thompson v. Greenwood

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In the bankruptcy context, the venue requirements of 28 U.S.C. section 1408 are mandatory, not optional. 28 U.S.C. section 1412 applies only to...

In The Matter Of: Ahern Enters. Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In a bankruptcy case, a judgment in favor of mortgage-holder holding that appellant's judgment lien was voided during the bankruptcy proceeding is...

In re: Lewis

Bankruptcy Law, Education Law
In a bankruptcy case involving the dischargeability of a debtor's student loan obligation to the government, a judgment for the U.S. Department of...

In re: Smith

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Orders granting Chapter 7 trustee's motion to remove special personal injury counsel and denying debtor's motion to dismiss her bankruptcy action are...

Digeo, Inc. v. Audible, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute arising in circumstances in which plaintiff purchased a patent at a bankruptcy estate sale but certain assignments turned out to...

In re: Wind N' Wave

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
Creditors who receive compensation under Bankruptcy Code section 503(b)(4) should also be compensated for costs incurred in litigating a fee award, so...

Ellett v. Stanislaus

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Tax Law
The failure of a debtor to provide an accurate social security number to a creditor in the notice mailed to the creditor informing it of the first...