Legal Opinion

In Re Grant

District Court, D. Nevada

Decided December 9, 2003No. BK-S-03-19798-LBRPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER RE: MOTION TO LIFT STAY

LINDA B. RIEGLE, Bankruptcy Judge.

This case presents the question whether a pre-petition foreclosure sale can be avoided because the trustee’s deed was recorded after the Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition was filed. This Court holds that, under Nevada law, a debtor’s legal and equitable interest in property is effectively terminated upon the foreclosure sale, and not upon recordation of the trustee’s deed. The post-petition recordation of the deed, therefore, does not violate the automatic stay or thereby render the sale void.

On August 6, 2003, certain realty owned…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Butner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Realty Portfolio, Inc. v. HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
  3. In Re: Cynthia Cohen, Debtor. Robert P. Abele, Trustee/movant v. Modern Financial Plans Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  4. In Re: Sandralee Rodgers, Debtor, Sandralee Rodgers v. County of Monroe, William M. Lissow, and George M. ReiberCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
  5. McCall v. CarlsonNevada Supreme Court · 1946

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Building Energetix Corp. v. EHE, LPNevada Supreme Court · 2013
  2. Tai-Si Kim v. KearneyDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 2012
  3. Buenting v. Crystal Cascades Civil, LLC (In Re Crystal Cascades Civil, LLC)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nevada · 2008
  4. In re ZubenkoUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California · 2015
  5. Darrell L. SmithUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2020

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