Legal Opinion
In Re Blair
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine
Decided November 2, 1998No. 15-20260PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum of Decision
JAMES B. HAINES, Jr., Chief Judge.
Before me are the United States Trustee’s motion seeking dismissal of Rodney Blair’s Chapter 7 case as a “substantial abuse” under § 707(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and the joint debtors’ motion seeking substantive consolidation of their bankruptcy cases. 1 For the reasons set forth below, I conclude that the consolidation motion will be denied and that Rodney Blair’s case will be dismissed.
Background
Rodney’s latest Chapter 7 petition, a joint petition with his wife, Darlene, was filed on April 27, 1998. It is not his first. In March 1997,…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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