A debt cannot be excepted from discharge under § 523(a)(9) on a theory of vicarious liability. The statute requires the debtor to have operated the vehicle and caused the harm, so the parents of the adult impaired driver cannot be liable for the debt.

Plaintiff leased equipment to a third party, which sold it to debtor. Debtor was unaware of the lease and claimed the equipment as property of the estate. Plaintiff filed this adversary proceeding seeking turnover, relying on UCC 2A-305

Debtor, a homebuilder, executed deeds of trust to its lender on real estate actually owned not by the debtor but by related entities. The court denied lender's attempt at reformation of the deeds of trust to preserve the lender's superior lien interests

A creditor filed a mechanic's lien against real estate owned by the debtor for work performed for a separate debtor. On an objection to claim, the court found the debtors did not have an agency relationship and the mechanic's lien was therefore invalid

The debtor obtained money and property by intentionally and fraudulently inducing the plaintiff to relinquish her rights in a vehicle. Moreover, his schedules were inaccurate and his § 341 testimony lacked credibility, so discharge was denied.

Incarceration does not constitute an abandonment of a homestead. Moreover, under Nebraska statute, the debtor may claim a homestead exemption in the proceeds of the foreclosure sale of the house any time during the six months following the sale.

Arbitration, as invoked by the debtor, was the proper venue for obtaining a determination of the parties' rights to distribution of royalty payments and duty to pay attorney fees. A bankruptcy filing does not waive a pre-petition arbitration right.

Plaintiffs sold their business & assigned the premises lease to debtors. Upon default, debtors settled with the landlord. Plaintiffs did not record the lease or otherwise maintain a security interest in it, so they had no right to the settlement monies

A settlement agreement reached in court, read into the record, and approved by the judge is a valid contract and binding on all parties to it, even if one party subsequently has a change of heart before the paperwork is completed and signed

Debtor's equitable interest in the expected distribution in 2 years of the corpus of a testamentary trust is not property of the bankruptcy estate because of the trust's spendthrift provision