Legal Opinion
In Re Schwartz
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 25, 1986No. 15-35770PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
HOWARD C. BUSCHMAN, III, Bankruptcy Judge.
The debtor, Joseph Balfour Schwartz (the “debtor”), filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code (“the Code”), 11 U.S.C. § 701 et seq. (1984) on October 5, 1984. He now moves for the dismissal of his petition without prejudice. The two largest creditors of the estate oppose the motion.
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The two major creditors are law firms. Seymour Ostrow, P.C. represented the debtor’s wife in a pre-petition matrimonial action and had been awarded fees and expenses by the state court in the amount of $21,718.75. This…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Unsecured Creditors' Committee v. Farmers Savings Bank (In Re Toledo Equipment Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 1983
- In Re KleinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1984
- Seymour Ostrow, P.C. v. Schwartz (In Re Schwartz)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- In Re Mathis Insurance Agency, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1985
- In Re RossUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1982
3Cited by39 opinions
- Sinkow v. Latimer (In Re Latimer)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
- In Re DinovaBankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Second Circuit · 1997
- Turpen v. Eide (In Re Turpen)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
- In Re GellerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
- Schwartz v. Geltzer (In Re Smith)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
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