A $13,600 debt to debtor's former wife was intended as property settlement rather than as support, so it was dischargeable. However, the debt for her attorneys' fees was not dischargeable, because it constituted "support" during the divorce litigation

District court vacated the bankruptcy court's order denying an award of attorneys' fees, ruling that the bankruptcy court read § 327 too narrowly in requiring prior authorization of debtors' counsel's employment before compensation could be allowed

On appeal, the district court reversed the bankruptcy court, ruling that the bankruptcy court abused its discretion in entering default judgment against the government and discharging the debtors' taxes without considering the merits of the case

This is the district court order adopting the magistrate judge's recommendations & affirming the June 30, 1980, order of the bankruptcy court which denied defendants' motion to reconsider an order staying the enforcement of a previously entered judgment

On appeal, the district court reversed the bankruptcy court, holding that a motion is not a "responsive pleading" under federal procedural rules so defendant's Rule 12(b)(6) motion did not preclude an amended complaint under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a).

The cash appearance bond which the debtor filed with the county district court was considered exempt personal property under Neb. Rev. Stat. section 25-1552, so the debtor could avoid plaintiff's garnishment lien on the bond pursuant to section 522(f)(1)

Order setting a hearing on whether plaintiffs should be granted relief from stay to pursue litigation in state court against the debtor's officers, and asking the parties to focus on the issue of maintaining similar lawsuits simultaneously in two courts

The debtors' appeal was interlocutory. The appeal concerned matters, such as adequate protection and participation in farm programs, that were not final because the underlying disputes were not finally resolved.

The district court reversed an order of confirmation, ruling that the bankruptcy court, in evaluating whether "indubitable equivalence" adequately protected the objecting creditor's interest, did not adequately consider risks to that interest

The attorneys for the debtor-in-possession were entitled to fees and expenses, even though the case was subsequently converted from a Chapter XI to a "straight bankruptcy," because their efforts preserved assets and provided benefit to the estate