Legal Opinion
In Re Monahan
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided August 26, 1994No. 19-10231PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INDEX
INTRODUCTION. 711-712
Monahan Facts/Context. 712-713
Cole Facts/Context. 713-714
Murphy Facts/Context. 714
GENERAL DISCUSSION. 714-717
Cash Surrender Value. 717-719
Death Proceeds. 719-721
CONCLUSION. 721
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. YACOS, Bankruptcy Judge.
INTRODUCTION
“Great cases like hard eases make bad law. For great cases are called great, not by reason of their real importance in shaping the law of the future, but because of some accident of immediate overwhelming interest which appeals to the feelings and distorts the judgment. These immediate interests exercise a kind of hydraulic pressure…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Northern Securities Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- In the Matter of Daniel J. YONIKUS and Carolyn S. Yonikus, Debtors. Appeal of Daniel J. YONIKUSCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Jerry Payne and Deborah Payne, Debtors-Appellants v. Charles R. Wood, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Holden v. StrattonSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Magallanes v. Williams (In Re Magallanes)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Caron v. Farmington National BankCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- In Re DoyleUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1997
- In Re LundyUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1998
- In Re CRS Steam, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1998
- In Re SlossUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2002
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