Legal Opinion
In re Meltzer
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 27, 2014No. 13 B 31151PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
A. BENJAMIN GOLDGAR, Bankruptcy Judge.
When Malgorzata Kubiak stopped paying rent and her landlord, Michael Meltzer, tried to evict her, Kubiak’s ex-husband, Howard Leventhal, started a litigation campaign meant to stall the eviction and harass Meltzer. The campaign — which included a frivolous district court action under the Fair Housing Act, two attempts to remove Meltzer’s eviction action to the district court, the filing of a lis pendens against Meltzer’s property, and a frivolous action in the state court to “foreclose” on the lis pendens — culminated in the filing of an…
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3Cited by18 opinions
- In re MeltzerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2015
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- Church Joint Venture, L.P. v. Blasingame (In re Blasingame)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 2016
- In re MeltzerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2015
- Ogilvie v. Nationstar Mortgage LLCUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2015
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