The holder of a blanket lien on assets authorized a subsequent lender to file U.C.C. termination statements which rendered its financing statements ineffective and caused it to lose its lien priority vis-à-vis the trustee and junior lienholders.

Confirmed Chapter12 plans may be modified for a compelling reason, such as a weather disaster. However, provision whereby lender recorded escrowed deed after default resulted in completion of payments to that creditor, so plan could not be modified

The debtor's Chapter 7 filing was an abuse because he had sufficient ability to make payments through a Chapter 13 plan simply by reducing his 401(k) loan payments and spreading them out over the life of the plan, let alone reducing other expenses.

Motion to modify denied because all plan payments had been completed. Trial was necessary on "disposable income" issue before discharge could be granted

Husband's debt to government held non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. Sections 523(a)(2) and 523(a)(13).

The court denied a motion to strike portions of affidavits submitted on a motion for summary judgment, ruling that although they contained irrelevant testimony, they provided background information and should be accorded a reduced weight.

Time Warner willfully violated the automatic stay by pursuing enforcement of preliminary injunction in New York after this court ruled that certain aspects of the injunction order were stayed by section 362

The time limit set out in 11 U.S.C. 546(a) is a statute of limitations and is not jurisdictional. The two-year period begins running on the day after the bankruptcy petition is filed, and therefore expires on the second anniversary of the petition date

Cause existed under section 362(d)(1) to grant relief from stay to continue with state court replevin action, as debtors had no interest in the cattle and the real dispute was among creditors and intervenor claimants

Debtor's Chapter 11 plan was not confirmed because the debtor didn't prove it could generate enough income to make payments and because the debtor's managers breached their fiduciary duty to the estate by unfairly diverting business from the debtor.