Debtor's assets were sold and generated a tax liability. The bankruptcy trustee had not properly abandoned the property, so the tax liability accrued to the estate, not to the debtor

A hold-harmless clause regarding payment of certain debts by one spouse in a dissolution of marriage decree is not a judgment for the non-debtor spouse. It therefore does not attach to the debtor's real estate, and is only an unsecured contingent claim

Chapter 11 plan confirmed over shareholder's objection. The plan eliminates his shareholder interest because the debtor is insolvent and that interest no longer has value on either a liquidation basis or a going-concern basis

A Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustee cannot exercise his powers under § 544 to take title to real property free and clear of the interest of a seller on contract whose deed was mistakenly recorded and whose claim was treated in the plan as a valid secured clai

Debtor objected to creditor's claim, arguing accord & satisfaction as a result of two checks sent in purported settlement of outstanding invoices. Objection was overruled, on basis that debtor hadn't proven all necessary elements of accord & satisfaction

This copy of the opinion is incomplete. The court avoided as a preference a judicial lien put on the Chapter 13 debtors' property within 90 days of the petition date, but declined to limit the avoidance to the amount that would have been exempt in Chapter

Debtor's lease of irrigation equipment was held to be a true lease, and the lessor was entitled to an administrative expense claim for the rent & "use value" of the property – but not interest on the delinquent rent – until the lease was assumed or reject

Secured creditor repossessed debtors' vehicle pre-petition. Thereafter, the creditor refused to turn the vehicle over to the debtors, even after numerous requests. The secured creditor's actions amounted to a willful violation of the automatic stay

A state court judgment on a lease guarantee was dischargeable in bankruptcy because the financial statement submitted by the guarantor was not materially false or reasonably relied upon by the creditor, so the elements of § 523(a)(2)(B) were not met.

The court granted an objection to the claim of the debtor's former spouse. That claim, for amounts the former spouse may have to pay on marital obligations assigned to debtor as part of a property settlement, was unsecured, unmatured, and contingent.