The creditor could present evidence of its claims of conversion of assets as part of the plan confirmation litigation in bankruptcy, so the creditor did not need relief from the stay to move forward on state court litigation concerning the same issue.

The court granted debtor's request to reopen the adversary and vacate a $300,000 judgment entered against him as sanctions for failing to respond to discovery. The judgment was unwarranted, as debtor had in fact responded to the best of his ability.

The third lien on debtor's residence was devoid of equity and wholly unsecured under 11 U.S.C. § 506(a) and could be stripped off in her Chapter 13 case. The lender did not demonstrate the existence of any factual issue, as it did not respond to the motion.

Published at 376 B.R. 274. The trustee could not establish each of the necessary elements of a preference under § 547 or a fraudulent transfer under § 548, so the monetary transfers made to insiders within one year of the petition date were not avoidable.

Published at 177 B.R. 315. Farm input provider had a security interest in crops growing at the time its fertilizer and chemical lien expired. The phrase "produced within one year" in the Nebraska fertilizer lien statute means the lien applies to crops growing within one year of the lien's perfection, and not simply to crops that had been harvested within that period.

Debtor signed "buy-out" documents with his employer a few hours after filing his Chapter 7 petition, so his right to receive payment upon ending his employment came into existence post-petition and therefore was not property of the bankruptcy estate

The court overruled the defendant's request to reconsider its solvency calculation. The court found the debt at issue was properly included in the balance sheets of both this debtor and a related entity because both entities were liable for the debt

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

Federal regulations overrode state-law security interests and exempted the debtors' Commodity Credit Corporation ("CCC") certificates, and any proceeds thereof, from the lender's security interest in the debtors' contract rights and accounts

Debtors objected to claim of company which sold credit life insurance & credit disability insurance, asserting the policies were void under Nebr. law for lack of delivery. Objection was overruled, as debtors had notice of & received benefit of policies