Legal Opinion
Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance v. Rotert (In re Rotert)
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Oklahoma
Decided April 29, 2015No. Case No. 14-11257-M; Adv. No. 14-01038-M; Case No. 14-11601-M; Adv. No. 14-01054-MPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
TERRENCE L. MICHAEL, CHIEF JUDGE, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
While it is safe to say the average person does not have a working knowledge of the United States Bankruptcy Code, one widely held belief is that someone who files bankruptcy gets to walk away from their debts.1 Those who work hard to pay what they owe find little comfort in this concept. In order to preserve the integrity of and support for the bankruptcy process, two principles have emerged: (1) a discharge in bankruptcy is reserved for the “honest but unfortunate debtor,”2 and (2) bankruptcy discharges are…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Local Loan Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Reiss v. HagmannCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Bank One v. Kallstrom (In Re Kallstrom)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit · 2003
- George Gordon, Jr. v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of OklahomaBankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit · 2015
- In Re BatesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1997
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re StewartUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2019
- In re McCutchenUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 2015
- David A Stewart and Terry P StewartUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2019
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