Legal Opinion
In Re Vilt
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 28, 1986No. 19-02410PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ROBERT E. GINSBERG, Bankruptcy Judge.
These cases have been consolidated for purposes of this Memorandum and Order because they present the same issue: whether a bankruptcy court may excuse a debtor from attending the creditors’ meeting required by 11 U.S.C. § 341 (“341 meeting”) despite the language in 11 U.S.C. § 343 that the debtor “shall” attend such meeting.
In In re Vilt, the debtor failed to attend the originally scheduled 341 meeting and three rescheduled meetings because he was imprisoned at the Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois. Because the debt-…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- In Re SullivanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
- State v. DuvaNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1983
- In Re StewartUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 1981
- In Re MartinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Alabama · 1981
- In Re RustUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1979
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3Cited by10 opinions
- In Re SochiaUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York · 1999
- In Re JohnsonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 2003
- In Re LadnerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado · 1993
- In Re MooreUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · 2002
- In re Argon Credit LLCUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2017
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