Defendents' motion for reconsideration of order granting stay pending appeal was denied.  The court disagreed with defs' suggestion that, becuase the funds in question didn't belong to the debtor, they should have been paid immediately to the defendants.

Court denied creditor's complaint of nondischargeability, finding no willful & malicious conversion where creditor permitted debtors' sale of collateral, & finding no false representation because the loan was renewed without relying on fin'l statements

The district court awarded attorneys' fees & expenses to the appellees for the appeal because debtor-appellant unreasonably and vexatiously multiplied the proceedings. The appellees didn't request fees & expenses for the bankruptcy proceedings.

Debtor-landlord's actions in taking steps to evict plaintiff tenant were taken in accordance with state law and did not violate the tenant's rights. Any damages that resulted from the eviction would not rise to the level of non-dischargeable debt

As part of the parties' divorce proceedings, they entered into an agreed-upon division of debts and assets. The husband's portion of that debt was dischargeable in bankruptcy because it was not in the nature of alimony, maintenance, or support

Reported at 50 B.R. 728. District court reversed bankruptcy court on secured creditor's right to rents, holding that creditor needn't have filed foreclosure action to preserve lien as bankruptcy court must protect substantive state-law lien rights

Action to determine rights of parties to funds.  Court held that security agreements do not attach to new funds generated by debtor-in-possession pursuant to a post-petition contract unless parties agree.  Funds should be retained by debtor-in-possession

The court denied trustee's application for authority to sell real estate because the court did not want to approve the procedure used and did not want to approve the proposed sale price because there was no evidence as to the property's fair market value

District court affirmed the bankruptcy court's order awarding attorneys' fees to a debtor who was subjected to an involuntary petition, which was dismissed when the petitioning creditor failed to prove the elements necessary to sustain the petition

The bankruptcy court denied cross-motions for summary judgement in this involuntary bankruptcy case because it was clear after a hearing on the motions that factual issues exist concerning one of the alleged debtor's loans.