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The District of New Hampshire offers a database of opinions issued from 1999 to present. For a more detailed search, enter a keyword or case number in the search box above.

Schreiber v. Stephenson (In re Emerson), 235 B.R. 702 (Bankr. D.N.H. 1999) (denying defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the trustee’s preferential and fraudulent transfer claims under 11 U.S.C. §§ 544, 547, and 548 and RSA 545-A:4 and 5 because there was enough evidence to get to trial on the issues of whether the defendants were insiders, whether the debtors had an interest in the collateral transferred to the defendants, and whether the debtors received less than reasonably equivalent value).

Trevors v. Murphy (In re Murphy), 1999 BNH 008 (granting the Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and denying legal fees and costs, finding that the Defendant’s position “was neither frivolous nor without merit, and that by withdrawing the objection in light of the Peerless decision, the Defendant’s good faith is apparent”).

Brennan v. Brennan (In re Brennan), 1999 BNH 007 (denying the Defendant’s motion to dismiss Count I, but ordering the Plaintiff to re-plead Count I by 4/20/99; withholding a finding on the Defendant’s motion to dismiss Count I on the grounds that the action is barred by the statute of limitations).

In re Borchers, 1999 BNH 006 (ordering that Mr. Borchers cannot claim a wildcard exemption in property he does not own, that the lien attaches to the entire premises, the impairment is $19,623, the Trustee’s objection to the Debtor’s claimed exemption on the GCA stock is sustained, that Mrs. Borchers may claim a $7,537 wildcard exemption, and sua sponte granting relief from the automatic stay).

Peerless Insurance v. Swanson (In re Swanson), 231 B.R. 145 (Bankr. D.N.H. 1999) (granting Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment under section 523(a)(4); finding the $65,000 promissory note issued to Plaintiff was not dischargeable because the debt was the result of Defendant’s defalcation while acting as a court-appointed guardian).

Cousins v. United States of America (In re Cousins), 236 B.R. 119 (Bankr. D.N.H. 1999) (granting the Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and denying the Defendant’s motion, the Court found that Debtors who made all required plan payments and received a discharge did not have to pay the IRS post-petition interest under section 1228(a)(2)), aff’d, 1999 WL 529430 (D.N.H. June 22, 1999).

Uresky v. Uresky (In re Uresky), 1999 BNH 003 (recharacterizing and finding certain obligations were support and property under section 523(a)(5)).

In re Hellesen, 1999 BNH 002 (The Court found that the $9,898.80 plus the principal portion of the mortgage payments described in Part C of the opinion are subject to a constructive trust in favor of Family Bank on the real estate and $5,000 is subject to a constructive trust in favor of Family Bank in the Debtors’ IRA. In addition, the Court denied without prejudice Family Bank’s motion to dismiss or convert and overruled Family Bank’s objection to the Debtors’ claims of exemption with respect to both of the Debtors’ retirement accounts. As more fully outlined in the decision, the Court deferred its ruling on the Debtors’ Motion to Avoid Judicial Liens and Family Bank’s Objection to the [remaining] Debtors’ Claims of Exemption until it received Family Bank’s statement and amended motions), amended by, In re Hellesen, Case No. 97-11695 (Bankr. D.N.H. Apr. 1, 1999) (“Supplemental Order”).

Chaney v. Chaney (In re Chaney), 229 B.R. 266 (Bankr. D.N.H. 1999) (denying summary judgment under section 523(a)(5) and (a)(15); finding that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, collateral estoppel and res judicata did not preclude the Court from determining the case based on a judgment from the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge).

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