Supplemental order on the issue of justification for a secured party's interference with the debtor's business contracts, finding under the Restatement of Torts and common law that the bank's interference was improper and unjustified

Factual issues existed on the insolvency element of the preference statute in connection with the debtor's financial situation at the time he refinanced his house. The new lender could not use the concept of conventional subrogation as a defense.

The court allowed an over-secured creditor to amend its proof of claim to include post-petition attorney's fees and expenses pursuant to 11 U.S.C. section 506(b); submission of a fee application pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2016 was not necessary

Debtors' attempt to void judgment lien on real property is denied because the Supreme Court case of Dewsnup v. Timm prohibits using section 506(d) for lien-stripping purposes. The claims allowance process required for 506(d) doesn't occur in a no-asset 7.

Reported at 308 B.R. 417. Former director & officer of credit union breached fiduciary duty to institution by obtaining loans in violation of board policy, so the debt to the credit union was excepted from discharge under section 523(a)(4).

Judgment debt owed to landlord for damage to residence caused by debtor-tenant & her family was excepted from discharge as a willful & malicious injury to the creditor's property under 523(a)(6) - damage was intentional and certain to cause financial harm.

Summary judgment is denied because state court judgment on which plaintiffs rely doesn't address the same elements of fraud and defalcation by a fiduciary that need to be established to support a finding of non-dischargeability under section 523

The court granted the defendant's bill of costs. The defendant was the prevailing party in the underlying litigation and requested a reasonable amount for the cost of deposition transcripts, which was a taxable cost authorized by statute.

Feedlot lessor claimed a statutory lien for services performed upon personal property in corn left on its premises by the debtor. Regardless of the validity of such a lien, it did not have U.C.C. priority over the debtor's lender's security interest.

The court retroactively approved employment of an accounting firm for work done for the Chapter 11 debtor prior to the case's conversion, but denied its employment & fees as a management consultant because no need for such services was demonstrated.