In re ESA Environmental Specialists, Inc., 2013 WL 765705 (4th Cir., Mar. 1, 2013)
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In re RAG East, LP– Case no. 12-04545-CMB (Bankr. W.D. Pa. March 4, 2013)
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The court granted summary judgment in favor of a defrauded lender in a lien priority dispute with subsequent third-party lenders. The court determined that the lien of a purchase money mortgage that was allegedly released pursuant to a fraudulent satisfaction piece nonetheless had priority over the liens held by innocent third parties who provided loans to the debtor without notice of the fraud.
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In re Sea Trail Corporation, Case No. 11-07370- 8-SWH (Bankr. E.D.N.C., Oct. 23, 2012)
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In re S. White Transp., Inc., 473 B.R. 695 (S.D. Miss. 2012)
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In re 400 Walnut Associates, L.P., 2012 BL 140988 (E.D. Pa. June 7, 2012)
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The creditor appealed the denial of its claim for pre-petition interest at the contractual default rate. The district court reversed and remanded the case, holding that the bankruptcy court had incorrectly applied an "equitable analysis" in making its decision.
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In re Shubh Hotels Pittsburgh, Inc., Bankr. No. 10-26337JAD (Bankr. W.D. Pa. July 24, 2012)
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When being sued, corporate and individual defendants should always confirm that the plaintiff has not been previously discharged in bankruptcy and failed to disclose the claim in the proceeding as an asset of the bankruptcy estate. In Guay v. Burack, 677 F.3d 10 (1st Cir. 2012), the plaintiff brought numerous claims against various governmental entities, governmental officials and a police officer.
In re Nance Properties, Inc., Case No. 11-06197- 8-JRL (Bankr. E.D.N.C. Nov. 8, 2011)
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Spicer v. Konjoyan (In re Renaissance Hospital, et al.), Adv. No. 10-04190-DML (Bankr. N.D. Texas, Nov. 1, 2011)
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Sandburg Financial Corp. v. American Rice, Inc. (In the Matter of American Rice, Inc.), No. 11-40301 (5th Cir., Sept. 22, 2011)
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