While the creditor's motion to dismiss the bankruptcy case because debtor did not obtain proper corporate authority to file it was probably valid, the creditor waited too long to bring it. Significant administration of the case had already occurred.

Debt not excepted from discharge under section 523(a)(2)(B) -- no false statement, no intent to deceive, and no reasonable reliance

A personal-injury claimant who had contacted the debtor's counsel about her claim both pre-petition and post-petition, and who was listed on the creditor matrix although she had not filed a proof of claim, was deemed to have made an informal claim.

The payment claims of people who served as medical testing subjects for the debtor were priority wage claims under § 507(a)(4)(A) because the debtor exercised strict control over the research subjects, in effect hiring them as short-term employees.

Trustee's objection to claim of exemption in proceeds of settlement of wrongful death case was overruled. Nothing in Neb. Rev. Stat. section 25-1563.02 differentiates between proceeds received under either of the two wrongful death statutory schemes in Nebraska.

Exemptions are determined as of the petition date, so a state statute regarding exemption of earned income credits, which took effect post-petition, does not apply to this debtor's exemptions as the legislature did not make the statute retroactive

Intervenor argued that its interest was superior to that of the trustee because it owned the vehicles the debtor was purchasing from defendant. Court ruled in trustee's favor, as intervenor was unable to prove constructive trust or unjust enrichment.

Summary judgment was denied on the dischargeability of the debtor's student loan. Additional evidence on the debtor's financial resources and living expenses was necessary before the court could determine whether undue hardship would occur.

A factual inquiry was necessary on the issue of equitable subordination, but summary judgment was granted as to the limited issue that the defendant did not owe a duty to the plaintiff as a third-party beneficiary to the underlying contract.

Reported at 334 B.R. 257. Loan from acquaintance wasn't from an insider. It wasn't preferential or fraudulent as to the corporate debtor. It was fraudulent as to the individual debtor but not avoidable because transferee took for value & in good faith.