Legal Opinion
Stoltz v. Brattleboro Housing Authority (In Re Stoltz)
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided October 1, 1998No. 1:98-cv-00225PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
MURTHA, Chief Judge.
Background
The District Court has jurisdiction over appeals from final judgments of the Bankruptcy Court. See 28 U.S.C. § 158(a). A district court will not disturb a bankruptcy court’s findings of fact unless clearly erroneous. In re Parrotte, 22 F.3d 472, 474 (2d Cir.1994). However, legal determinations are subject to de novo review. Id.; accord In re Best Products, Co., Inc., 68 F.3d 26, 29 (2d Cir.1995).
The facts are undisputed. The debtor and her family five in an apartment owned and operated by the Brattleboro Housing Authority (hereinafter “the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- William Scott and Rosemary Scott v. James E. O'grady, Sheriff of Cook County, and Kelvin Branch, Deputy Sheriff of Cook CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Dunbar Corp. v. LindseyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- In Re Best Products Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- In Re Lewis George Parrotte & Ila Jean Parrotte, Debtors. Lewis George Parrotte, Ila Jean Parrotte v. Jan M. Sensenich, Trustee-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- 48th Street Steakhouse, Inc. v. Rockefeller Center, Inc. (In Re 48th Street Steakhouse, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1986
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re: Laura StoltzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Brattleboro Housing Authority v. StoltzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999