The court denied defendants' motion to dismiss, because the adversary proceeding's scope was broad enough to provide a single forum for determining the extent of the parties' rights and because plaintiff should be allowed to cure defective service.

The court approved a four-month suspension of plan payments due to the ostensibly temporary layoff of one debtor, but warned that if she was not re-employed soon, the debtors should file a modified plan to deal with the reduction in net income.

The court upheld a witness's motion to quash a subpoena duces tecum. The witness was correct that Rule 2004 required him to be served with a subpoena, instead of a court order, with time to object, before he needed to produce the requested documents.

Defendant proposed to bring third-party defendants into the case in the interest of judicial economy. The third-party complaint consisted of non-core proceedings which would have no effect on the bankruptcy estate, so bankruptcy court lacked jurisdiction

Credit card debt incurred shortly before petition date for living expenses and expenses related to the debtor's marital dissolution is nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(2)(A) because debtor knew when he incurred it that he couldn't repay it

In priority dispute between the holder of a perfected first-priority blanket lien and a mechanic with a statutory artisan's lien, the holder of the blanket lien prevails because the mechanic did not maintain continuous possession of the collateral.

Debtor's ability to pay approximately 37 percent of her unsecured claims over 3 years and her lack of evidence of a "valid hardship" require dismissal under 11 U.S.C. section 707(b) for substantial abuse

Although the debtor intentionally provided a materially false financial statement to the lender in order to obtain money, the debt should not be excepted from discharge under § 523(a)(2)(B) because the lender could not reasonably have relied on it.

The debtor trust was not a "business trust" and therefore was ineligible to be a debtor under Chapter 11. The trust's purpose was to preserve the trust res for the benefit of the grantor's children, rather than to carry on a business or commercial activit

The judgment creditor was unable to establish grounds for a constructive trust because he did not prove the funds were obtained by fraud, misrepresentation, or an abuse of the parties' relationship, or that he traced the funds into specific assets.