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Judge Thomas L. Saladino

Richard D. Myers, Chap. 7 Trustee v. Cinch Cattle Co. (In re Charles Leonard & Margaret Leonard), Ch. 7, BK15-82016, A17-8026 (Sept. 26, 2018)

The court granted summary judgment against one defendant in favor of the Chapter 7 trustee, permitting him to recover unauthorized post-petition transfers made by the debtor. The evidence established (1) the funds were property of the bankruptcy estate; (2) the property was transferred; (3) the transfer was made post-petition; and (4) the transfer was not authorized by the Bankruptcy Code or the bankruptcy court. The court declined to enter summary judgment as to the remaining defendants because the evidence did not support an alter ego theory.

Ron Ross, Chap. 11 Trustee v. Scott A. Buckles (In re Skyline Manor, Inc.), Ch. 11, BK14-80934, A15-8035 (June 13, 2017)

After trial on whether the debtor was insolvent when it made transfers to three defendants, the court ruled the transfers were fraudulent because the debtor was not paying its debts as they became due. (The other elements of the fraudulent transfers had previously been established on summary judgment.) Transfers to a fourth defendant were found not to be fraudulent because the defendant was a "mere conduit" for the transfers and did not exercise dominion or control over the funds.

Wade Brandon Hill & Kimberly Dawn Hill, Ch. 7, BK16-41396 (Apr. 17, 2018)

An agricultural production input supplier filed a financing statement to perfect its statutory lien against the debtors' crops and crop proceeds, but the financing statement did not contain the information required by the Nebraska agricultural production inputs lien statutes, so the lien was unperfected. Under the Uniform Commercial Code's priority rules, a perfected security interest has priority over a conflicting unperfected agricultural lien, so a lender's prior perfected security interest took priority in the available proceeds.

Daniel J. Casamatta, Acting U.S. Trustee v. N. Curtis Dunlop & Cynthia L. Dunlop (In re Dunlop), Ch. 7, BK16-41913, A17-4035 (June 5, 2019)

After a trial in two related adversary proceedings on complaints seeking denial of discharge under § 727 or the exception of a debt from discharge under § 523(a)(2)(B), the court ruled in favor of the debtors.

Ron Ross, Chap. 11 Trustee v. Scott A. Buckles (In re Skyline Manor, Inc.), Ch. 11, BK14-80934, A15-8035 (Feb. 16, 2017)

The court granted partial summary judgment to the Chapter 11 trustee on the issue of reasonably equivalent value in this action to avoid certain allegedly fraudulent transfers by the debtor to third parties. The evidence did not support the defendants' "identity of interests" and "indirect benefits" defenses.

Dinsdale Bros., Inc. v. Charles D. Leonard (In re Leonard), Ch. 7, BK15-82016, A17-8010 (Jan. 17, 2018)

The court granted summary judgment to the debtor in a non-dischargeability action under § 523(a)(4) brought by a defendant in a state-court lawsuit filed by a creditor of the debtor. The debtor had purchased cattle from the state-court plaintiff, a livestock auction company, for resale to the state-court defendant, a cattle feeding operation. The cattle feeder paid the debtor for the cattle, but the debtor's check to the auction company was dishonored and remains unpaid.

First Nat'l Bank of Gordon v. Corey Lee Braun (In re Braun), Ch. 7, BK17-40561, A17-4042 (Jan. 14, 2019)

After a trial, the court denied a discharge to a debtor who omitted assets and pre-petition asset sales and payments from his bankruptcy schedules and statement of financial affairs. The court found these omissions and misstatements to constitute false oaths and to be material.

Jerry J. Morgan, Sr. v. Specialized Loan Svcg., LLC (In re Midland Prop., LLC), Ch. 11, BK13-81894, A17-8017 (Oct. 4, 2018)

The debtor in a confirmed Chapter 11 case filed a lawsuit in state court concerning his former and current mortgage loan servicers' handling of his mortgage, particularly with regard to the post-confirmation interest rates and the amounts collected for property taxes. A defendant removed the case to federal district court, which then referred it to the bankruptcy court as a core proceeding because a cause of action dealt with the application of the terms of the confirmed plan and confirmation order.

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