A surety's subrogation rights are superior to the rights of the lender under its security interest and to the contractual right of payment provided for the debtor. The debtor's surety has the right to the retainage amounts held by the project owner.

Objections to counsel's fee application were sustained for services that were of no benefit to the estate, such as filing the case in the wrong venue & twice traveling to confirmation hearings when it should have been clear the plans weren't confirmable

Debtor's administrative expense application for post-petition rent owed to its landlord was denied because the motion should have been filed by the landlord, and because there was no evidence of the "actual necessary cost of preserving the estate."

The court denied the debtor's motion to reopen his Chapter 7 case to add a creditor and discharge the debt. The debtor's assets had been liquidated and distributed, and it was too late for the creditor to file a non-dischargeability proceeding.

Involuntary Chapter 7 petitions may be filed by a "holder of a claim." The statute doesn't distinguish between secured & unsecured creditors when determining the number of claimholders. Also, involuntary cases can't be filed against joint debtors

The debtor's interest in benefits under the State Employees Retirement Act did not become property of the bankruptcy estate due to the statutory anti-alienation provision governing those funds, so debtor did not need to claim an exemption in them.

For plan confirmation, § 1325(a)(5)(B) requires that a debtor pay the prevailing market rate of interest for the type of secured loan under consideration, taking into account the existence and quality of any security and the risk of subsequent default

The court denied summary judgment on a § 523(a)(2)(A) matter, finding that the statute does not require the false representation to be made by the debtor directly to the creditor. It may be sufficient if the false representation is made via an agent.

Because the debtors intended that electric motors, pumps, and control panels installed on real estate as part of the debtors' pivot irrigation systems would be permanently affixed to the land, those items are fixtures and are subject to the mortgage