Judgment for defendant-creditor on debtor's complaint that creditor failed to sell collateral in a commercially reasonable manner. The opinion discusses the theory of commercial reasonableness of a sale under U.C.C. Revised Article 9 & Iowa law.

The priority of the plaintiff's security interest in proceeds of a settlement against the builder of the debtor's house depends on whether the funds are characterized as damages for personal injury or as damages for reduced value of the real property.

After a trial, the court ruled that the debt owed to the debtor's former spouse was not dischargeable under section 523(a)(5) as a debt in the nature of support and under section 523(a)(15) as a division of marital property which the debtor was capable of paying.

A pre-petition judgment against debtor for conversion of property in a failed business venture didn't support exceptions to discharge under sections 523(a)(4) or (a)(6), but it did under section 523(a)(2)(A) for false representations to investors.

Student loans are non-dischargeable because their repayment would not impose a hardship on the debtor. He is able-bodied, intelligent, single, and eligible for the Wm. D. Ford loan consolidation program.

The court sustained the trustee's objection to a claimed exemption, ruling that an earned income tax credit is not analogous to state-administered aid to dependent children and therefore cannot be exempted under a Nebraska public assistance statute

Ex-husband obtained pre-petition state court judgment against debtor for damages to property she was supposed to turn over to him as part of divorce. Judgment was not entitled to priority, because it was for damages & was not in nature of spousal support

Debtor was owed money by his former employer. He also signed a promissory note for money owed to the former employer. When debtor defaulted on the note, the former employer's right of set-off came into effect and was a defense to debtor's turnover motion

In a priority dispute between a mortgage lienholder and the debtor's attorneys regarding their respective rights to certain crop proceeds, the mortgage holder's lien would be subject to the attorneys' lien if the attorneys could prove up their lien

The debtor has a contractual obligation to keep his vehicle in good condition and he should not get the benefit of the cost to repair damage beyond ordinary wear and tear when attempting to cram down the interest of the creditor in his Chapter 13 plan.