Legal Opinion
In Re Bell
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided September 26, 1986No. 17-21298PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER VACATING ORDER OF DISMISSAL
STEVEN W. RHODES, Bankruptcy Judge.
I
On January 13, 1986, this Court entered an order, reported at 56 B.R. 637, dismissing the debtor’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 707(b). The Court found that Bell’s debts were primarily consumer debts and that granting him relief under Chapter 7 would be a substantial abuse of the provisions of that chapter because he was able to repay a substantial part of his debts. The finding that the debts were primarily consumer debts was based to some extent on the testimony at the earlier hearing, but to a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In Re BellUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1986
- In Re AlmendingerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 1985
3Cited by27 opinions
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- In the Matter of Donald J. Booth and Carolyn B. Booth, Debtors. Donald J. Booth and Carolyn B. BoothCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- In Re Lorraine B. Runski, Debtor. Cypher Chiropractic Center, Creditor-Appellant v. Lorraine B. Runski, Debtor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- In Re Randall Clark Burns and Deborah A. Burns, Debtors. Citizens National Bank v. Randall Clark BurnsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- In Re AttanasioUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · 1998
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