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Hon. Basil H. Lorch, III, Chief Judge
Case Number
Case Name
Description
Code Section
Date Filed
Olio Dental, Inc.
Valuation of secured claim
11 USC 506
05/26/2009
San Antonio Aerospace, L.P. et al v. ATA Airlines, Inc. et al
Conflict of law question
 
03/16/2009

Hon. Frank J. Otte
Case Number
Case Name
Description
Code Section
Date Filed
Sean Patrick Cole and Dana Angela Cole
The Debtors are entitled to exempt under Indiana's wage garnishment statute a portion of wages earned but not paid as of the petition date.
Ind Code 24-4.5-5-105; 11 U.S.C. 522(b)
06/08/2009
Betty Marie Johnson
Under Marrama v. Citizens Bank 549 U.S. 365 (2007), there is a bad faith exception to the right of conversion under Section 706(a) - a Chapter 7 Debtor who has acted in bad faith can be denied right to convert to another chapter
11 U.S.C. section 706(a)
05/26/2009

Hon. Anthony J. Metz, III
Case Number
Case Name
Description
Code Section
Date Filed
Michael Craig Hale and Ranae Ann Hale
Debtor's objection to trustee's motion to abandon under Section 554 overruled. Debtor's request for abandonment of real property directly to secured creditor who held an interest in the property pursuant to Section 725 is denied. Trustee should not be required, absent trustee consent, to incur additional notification and verification burdens under Section 725.
554; 725
08/03/2009
Bartlett v. Pugh et al
Debt owed to purchaser of debtors' property for alleged misrepresentations with respect to boundary lines and encroachments was dischargeable under Sections 523(a)(2)(A) and 523(a)(4). Debtors made no false respresentations on the seller's residential real estate sales disclosure form regarding the existence of encroachments, and even if they did, buyer/ plaintiff did not rely on them.
523(a)(2)(A) and 523(a)(4)
07/22/2009

Hon. James K. Coachys
Case Number
Case Name
Description
Code Section
Date Filed
Boston v. The Huntington National Bank
Holding that the 2007 amendment to Ind. Code 32-21-4-1 does not apply retroactively to mortgages recorded prior to the amendment's effective date. Therefore, the trustee was entitled to avoid the defendant's defectively recorded mortgage pursuan to 11 U.S.C. Section 544(a)(3).
11 U.S.C. Section 544(a)(3) and IC 32-21-4-1
04/29/2009
Duane A. Petitt and Kimberly F. Petitt
Holding that a severance bonus paid postpetition but pursuant to a prepetition agreement is nonexempt property of the estate.
11 U.S.C. Sections 541 and 522; Ind. Code Section 24-4.5-5-105
04/14/2009

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