Bankruptcy court's ruling that student loan debt was discharged was reversed as premature. Such a determination should be made near end of Ch. 13 plan, when debtor's future financial condition is more readily apparent. Aff'd 368 B.R. 846 (8th Cir. 2004)

The district court found the debtors' appeal of an order overruling their objection to trustee's motion to sell to be moot because, in the interim, debtors converted their case from Chapter 7 to Chapter 11, which terminated the trustee's authority

There is no accountant-client privilege under Nebraska law, so the court overruled the debtors' objection to having their financial records produced and turned over by their accounting firm to the bankruptcy trustee and a lender's auditing firm

Reported at 25 B.R. 274. Repayment of debtor's student loan would cause an undue hardship for her under section 523(a)(8)(B) because the employment for which she trained provides her with a very low level of income. The debt is dischargeable

Bankruptcy court is not the place to attempt to modify a divorce decree and property settlement. The order clarifies previous fact findings that debtor's ex-wife has no property interest in crops and her interest in real estate is adequately protected

Reported at 4 B.R. 251. Creditors willing to loan money to enable debtor to plant crop are entitled to lien priority under sec. 364(c) or (d) because an equity cushion exists and because the only way the debtor can stay in business is by planting a crop

On appeal, the district court affirmed the bankruptcy court's order that an amendment to a filed financing statement adding the debtor wife's name was sufficient to create a perfected security interest in her property as of the date of the amendment

The district court reversed the bankruptcy court's decision as to the ownership of certain feeder pigs custom-fed by the debtor. The debtor was an agent, not the owner, so the bank's security interest in debtor's after-acquired livestock did not attach

On motion to compromise controversies between the debtors and a bank over objection of creditors' committee, the court determined that committee's interest in pursuing litigation against the bank outweighs the debtor's interest in rehabilitation

Court, relying on In re Benak, 374 F. Supp. 499 (D. Neb. 1974), denied debtor's request to reopen case four years later to add omitted creditor because of the amount of time since discharge. It would be like receiving a second discharge within six years