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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

Moyer v. Rogers et al. (In re Wedgewood) 04/04/2024

Adversary Proceeding 

11 U.S.C. § 548(a)

11 U.S.C. § 544(b)

Michigan Uniform Voidable Transactions Act

11 U.S.C. § 548(a)(1)(A)

11 U.S.C. § 548(c)

11 U.S.C. § 548(a)(1)(B)

11 U.S.C. § 547(b)

11 U.S.C. § 547(g)

11 U.S.C. § 547(e)(2)(B)

11 U.S.C. § 550

11 U.S.C. § 550(a)(1)

11 U.S.C. § 547(e)(1)(B)

28 U.S.C. § 1961(a)

28 U.S.C. § 151

Mich. Comp. Laws § 566.34(2)

Ponzi Scheme 

Good Faith Defense Under § 548(c)

Value Given in Exchange for the Transfer

Constructive Fraudulent Transfer

Post Judgment Interest 

Constructive Fraud

In re Spencer 05/06/2024

Opinion Denying Debtor's Motion for Contempt

Chief Judge Scott W. Dales

In re Bailey 04/08/2024

Summary Judgment 

Rule 12(c)

Non-dischargeable debt 

11 U.S.C. § 523(a)

11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4)-(5)

Debt for fraud or defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity 

Debt incurred for embezzlement committed by the debtor 

Debt that is non-dischargeable as domestic support obligation 

11 U.S.C. § 1328(a)

11 U.S.C. § 101(14A)(A)-(D)

11 U.S.C. § 101(5)

11 U.S.C. § 506(a)(1)

11 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(1), (a)(5), and (a)(7)

11 U.S.C. § 553(a)

 

 

 

In re Anzaldua 04/11/2024

11 U.S.C. § 362(c)(3)(A)

LBR 9013(c)

LBR 913-1(a)

LBR 5005-4(a)-(c)

In re Lauber 04/24/2024

Chapter 13

Contempt 

Taggart v. Lorenzen

Show Cause

11 U.S.C. § 362(k)

11 U.S.C. § 1306(a)(2)

11 U.S.C. § 1306(b)

Bankruptcy Rule 9020

Bankruptcy Rule 9014

Bankruptcy Rule 7062

Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b)

11 U.S.C. § 542

18 U.S.C. § 3057

In re O'Hara 05/09/2024

Conversion 

Chapter 13

Chapter 7 

11 U.S.C. § 1307(b)

Rule 9013

Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1017(f)(2)

Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9005

Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9021

In re Smith, 999 F.3d 452, 455 (6th Cir. 2021)

Harris v. Viegelahn, 575 U.S. 510, 519 (2015)

Pioneer Inv. Servs. Co. v. Brunswick Assoc. Ltd., 507 U.S. 380, 397 (1993)

11 U.S.C. § 103(b) and (j), and § 707(a)

In re Fedorova 05/10/2024

Chapter 13

Motion to Compel

24 C.F.R. § 203.604(b)

24 C.F.R. § 203.500; 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)

Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9011(c)

Rule 9011 and 9018

Rule 3002.1

AFDENT v. Coleman (In re Coleman) 05/23/2024

Summary Judgment

Exception from discharge 

11 U.S.C. § 523(c)

11 U.S.C. §§ 523(a)(2)(A), (a)(4), and (a)(6)

11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(13)

§ 1328(a)

Civil Consent Judgment 

Issue Preclusion 

Collateral Estoppel

Forum State 

Corzin v. Fordu (In re Fordu), 201 F.3d 693, 703 (6th Cir. 1999)

Bicknell v. Stanley (In re Bicknell), 118 B.R. 652, 667 (N.D. Ind. 1990)

MicroVote General Corp. v. Indiana Election Comm'n, 924 N.E.2d 184 (Ind. App. 2010)

Brown v. Felsen, 442 U.S. 127 (1979)

Liz Transport, Inc. v. Haifley (In re Haifley), slip op. Adv. No. 14–1064, 2014 WL 7496334 (Bankr. N.D. Ind. Dec. 19, 2014)

Bartenwefer v. Buckley, 598 U.S. 69 (2023)

In re Lee 06/21/2024

Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9020

Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9020

11 U.S.C. § 524(a)(2)

In re Orlandi, 612 B.R. 372, 381 (B.A.P. 6th Cir. 2020)

TWM Manufacturing Co. v. Dura Corp., 722 F.2d 1261, 1273 (6th Cir. 1983)

McCrone v. United States, 307 U.S. 61, 64 (1939)

Taggart v. Lorenzen, 587 U.S. 554 (2019)

In re City of Detroit, 614 B.R. 255, 264 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2020)

Gravatt v. United States, 100 Fed. Cl. 279 (2011)

Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9006(d)

In re Distefano, 611 B.R. 100, 103 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2019)

11 U.S.C. § 524(j)

In re Jones 07/15/2024

Fed. R. Bankr. Pro. 7052

M.R.P.C. 4.4 and 8.4

§ 341 meeting of creditors

Allstate Insurance Co. v. Inscribed PLLC, 571 F.Supp.3d 823, 833 (E.D. Mich. 2021)

Courser v. Allard, Slip Op. Case No. 1:16-CV-1108, 2016 WL 10520134 (W.D. Mich. Nov. 11, 2016)

In re Valley-Vulcan Mold Co., 237 B.R. 322, 337 (B.A.P. 6th Cir. 1999)

Rule 2004

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