Legal Opinion
In re Chovev
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 12, 2016No. Case No. 8-12-76414-lasPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
Louis A. Scarcella, United States Bankruptcy Judge
I. Introduction
In this contested matter, the Court must decide whether “cause” exists to dismiss the debtor’s bankruptcy case pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 707(a)1. Josef Zloof (“Zloof’), *341an unsecured creditor holding the single largest claim against the debtor, maintains that this chapter 7 bankruptcy was com-menced solely to thwart collection efforts on the malpractice judgment he obtained against the debtor. In his view, the debt- or’s prepetition conduct and the filing of this chapter 7 cases constitute bad faith…
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