Legal Opinion
In re Burns
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided April 17, 2017No. CASE NO. 15-12794PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
Robert E. Grant, Chief Judge
On April 17, 2017.
Some years ago, this court observed:
There is just no good substitute for a proof of claim. By comparison to that clear and relatively simple demonstration that a pre-petition creditor should share in a distribution by the bankruptcy trustee, all arguments for some type of effective alternative finish, if at all, a distant second. Matter of Baldridge, 232 B.R. 394, 394 (Bankr. N.D. Ind. 1999).
In the present case, the court considers another alternative to a timely claim: whether some type of agreement or mutual desire between a debtor and a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- In the Matter of Ronald J. Witkowski, Debtor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 969 v. Babcock & Wilcox, D/B/A B & W Construction Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- In re PajianCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
- In Re BaldridgeUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · 1999
- 40 Collier bankr.cas.2d 787, Bankr. L. Rep. P 77,763 in the Matter of William L. Greenig and Troy W. Greenig, Debtors-Appellees. Appeal of United Feeds, Incorporated, CreditorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
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