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Local Written Opinions

The Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan offers a database of opinions for the years 1999 to present, listed by year and judge. For a more detailed search, enter the keyword or case number in the search box above.

Judge James W. Boyd

Opinion Denying Plaintiff's Motion for Reconsideration

Opinion Denying Debtor's Motion to Dismiss

Opinion Regarding Avoidance and Recovery of Fraudulent Transfers

Chief Judge Scott W. Dales

fee application; fees; objection; 11 U.S.C. § 330(a); disallowance; In re Rose, 561 B.R. 70 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2016); Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO, LLC, 576 U.S. 121, 135 S. Ct. 2158 (2015); American Rule; debtor interests; fee-shifting; 11 U.S.C. § 105(a); In re Rogers, 500 B.R. 537 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2013); In re Copeland, 154 B.R. 693 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 1993); sua sponte; excessive

Motion for Reconsideration; Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b); excusable neglect; Bank of Montreal v. Olafsson, 648 F.2d 1078 (6th Cir. 1981); Douglass v. Pugh, 287 F.2d 500 (6th Cir. 1961); set aside judgment; In re Soueidan, 652 B.R. 837 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2023); Pioneer Inv. Servs. Co. v. Brunswick Assocs. Ltd. P'ship, 507 U.S. 380 (1993); Blue Water Toxicology, LLC v. Curare Lab., LLC (In re Curare Lab. LLC), No. 22-8023, 2023 WL 4044473, slip op. (B.A.P. 6th Cir. June 16, 2023); McCurry ex rel. Turner v. Adventist Health Sys./Sunbelt, Inc., 298 F.3d 586 (6th Cir. 2002); Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9011; agency

Motion to Dismiss; check-kiting scheme; fraud; avoidance; actual fraud; constructive fraud; 11 U.S.C. § 548; IC § 32-18-2-14(A); 11 U.S.C. § 550; 11 U.S.C. § 544; 11 U.S.C. § 547; Rule 12(b)(6); Rule 9(b); Rule 7012; Rule 7009; particularity; transfer; Meoli v. Huntington Nat'l Bank, 848 F.3d 716 (6th Cir. 2017); dominion and control; transferee; depository; setoff; affirmative defense; 11 U.S.C. § 553; Bash v. Textron Fin. Corp. (In re Fair Fin. Co.), 13 F.4th 547 (6th Cir. 2021); preference; Mann v. LSQ Funding Grp., L.C., 71 F.4th 640 (7th Cir. 2023); First Tenn. Bank, N.A. v. Stevenson (In re Cannon), 237 F.3d 716 (6th Cir. 2001); McLemore v. Third Nat’l Bank (In re Montgomery), 983 F.2d 1389 (6th Cir. 1993); intraday credit; interday credit; overdraft; Ind. Code Ann. § 26-1-4-210; In re AppOnline.com, Inc., 296 B.R. 602 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 2003); Bernstein v. Alpha Assocs., Inc. (In re Frigitemp Corp.), 34 B.R. 1000 (S.D.N.Y. 1983); good-faith; Kaye v. Carlisle Tire & Wheel Co., No. 3:07-00336, 2008 WL 821521 (M.D. Tenn. Mar. 27, 2008); 5 Collier on Bankruptcy ¶ 553.09 (16th ed.); improvement of position; negligence; economic loss doctrine; Indianapolis-Marion Cnty. Pub. Libr. v. Charlier Clark & Linard, P.C., 929 N.E.2d 722 (Ind. 2010); Residences at Ivy Quad Unit Owners Ass'n, Inc. v. Ivy Quad Dev., LLC, 179 N.E.3d 977 (Ind. 2022); Gunkel v. Renovations, Inc., 822 N.E.2d 150 (Ind. 2005)

mortgage lien; violation of automatic stay; declaratory relief; 11 U.S.C. § 350; Fed. R. Civ. P. 5010; 1 U.S.C. § 362; AF Holdings LLC v. Bossard, 976 F. Supp. 2d 927, 929 (W.D. Mich. 2013); 11 U.S.C. § 544; default judgment; Fed. R. Civ. P. 60; Fed. R. Bankr. 9024; 11 U.S.C. § 551; 11 U.S.C. § 349

objection to claim; rule 2004 examination; mortgage; assignment; challenge; Newman v. Real Time Resolutions, 994 N.W.2d 852 (Mich. App. 2022); claim allowance; 11 U.S.C. § 502(a); 11 U.S.C. § 1307(b); 11 U.S.C. § 1327(a); default

chapter 7; Motion for Turnover; real estate; settlement; Writs of Continuing Garnishment; M.C.L. § 600.3201 et seq; restitution; 18 U.S.C. § 3613; United States v. Robinson (In re Robinson), 764 F.3d 554 (6th Cir. 2014); 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1); 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(6); property of the estate; entireties property; r M.C.L. § 557.71; 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(7)

Relief from Stay; proof of service; Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7004(a)(9); statement of intention; reaffirmation agreement; 11 U.S.C. § 362(h)(1)(B); Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b); West v. Carpenter, 790 F.3d 693 (6th Cir. 2015); Zagorski v. Mays, 907 F.3d 901 (6th Cir. 2018); 11 U.S.C. § 522(c)(2); 11 U.S.C. § 362(h); 11 U.S.C. § 521(a)(2); In re Smith, 999 F.3d 452 (6th Cir. 2021); M.C.R. 3.105 (Claim and Delivery)

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