Lewis Brothers Bakeries Incorporated and Chicago Baking Company v. Interstate Brands Corporation (In re Interstate Bakeries Corporation, et al.), Bk. Case No. 04-45818-11-JWV (W.D. Mo. March 21, 2011)
CASE SNAPSHOT
In re Trackwell, 520 B.R. 788 (Bankr. W.D. Mo. 2014) –
The successful bidder at a bankruptcy auction of a ranch claimed that a cattle chute was included in the sold assets. The debtors disagreed. Resolution of the dispute turned on whether the cattle chute constituted a fixture that was part of the real estate.
Note: This post is part of a four-part series on the Credit Report Blog. Click here to view all related posts.
In our last post, we gave a broad overview of Missouri receivership law and why it needs to change. In the next two posts, we’ll dive deeper, provide background on receiverships, and detail specific reforms that could provide much-needed updates to the process.
Types of receiverships
In our previous post, we provided background on receiverships and detailed specific reforms that could provide much-needed updates to the process. Today we’re continuing to look at those possible reforms.
Conduct of case and notice to creditors
August 31, 2012: Second Circuit Adopts Abuse of Discretion Standard of Review for Equitable Mootness Decisions
In an important opinion released on November 27, 2012, Judge Shelley C. Chapman of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York transferred the Patriot Coal Corporation (Patriot Coal) chapter 11 bankruptcy cases from the Southern District of New York to the Eastern District of Missouri. This decision comes as a surprise to many observers who had expected, based on prior failed attempts to change venue in Enron and other large cases filed in the Southern District of New York, that Judge Chapman would defer to the Debtor’s choice of venue.
Earlier this week we reported that St. Louis County’s foreclosure mediation ordinance was set to be effective today, September 28, 2012. However, a St.
Last week the Missouri Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Frontenac Bank v. T.R.