Legal Opinion
In Re Walker
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided April 26, 1996No. 19-10229PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. YACOS, Chief Judge.
A medieval scholastic would appreciate this opinion representing the undersigned judge’s foray into the thicket of expanding case law on the simple question of whether a debtor should be able to reopen a chapter 7 no-asset bankruptcy case to add an omitted creditor to the schedules. Even more engrossing to said scholastic would be the truly metaphysical questions presented by that ease law. The questions no longer revolve around how many angels “can dance on the head of a needle” but rather: “Are any debts discharged at the time an order is…
2Cases cited57 opinions
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- Local Loan Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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- Norwest Bank Worthington v. AhlersSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Whitehouse v. LaRocheCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
- Wilborn v. Gallagher (In Re Wilborn)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- In Re StranoUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · 2000
- Dahar v. Bevis (In Re Bevis)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Hampshire · 1999
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