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Excelsior Truck Leasing Co. v. Bernat (In Re Bernat)

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided January 30, 1986No. Civ. A. 85-0724PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CAHN, District Judge.

Excelsior Truck Leasing Co., Inc. (“Excelsior”) appeals, under Bankruptcy Rule 8001(a), from a decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania discharging the debt owed to it by the appellee, Edmund M. Bernat, III. Because I find that § 727 of the Bankruptcy Code (“Code”) may prevent discharge of the debt, I am remanding this case to the bankruptcy court for further proceedings.

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This action arose from money owed Excelsior from its installation of a towing rig on Mr. Bernat’s truck. Although there is some dispute as to the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. In Re Seymour Chalik, Debtor. Seymour Chalik v. Harold D. Moorefield, Jr., TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
  2. In the Matter of Multiponics, Incorporated, Bankrupt. MacHinery Rental, Inc. And Carl Biehl v. William W. Herpel, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  3. Farmers Co-Operative Association of Talmage, Kansas v. Tim Aaron StrunkCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
  4. In the Matter of Leland H. Baum, Bankrupt. Leland H. Baum v. Earl Millikin, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
  5. First Texas Savings Ass'n v. ReedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. In the Matter of Jakov Bulic, Doing Business as Stone Lodge Motel, and Olean Bulic, Doing Business as Stone Lodge Motel, Debtors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  2. Applebaum v. Henderson (In Re Henderson)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1991
  3. In Re SB Properties, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Anderson v. Wiess (In Re Wiess)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1991
  5. Reardon v. Kisberg (In Re Kisberg)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1992

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