Legal Opinion
In Re Paulson
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 21, 1994No. 19-30161PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULINGS AND ORDERS ON UNITED STATES’ OBJECTION TO CONFIRMATION OF DEBTOR’S FIRST AMENDED PLAN AND TRUSTEE’S MOTION TO DISMISS CASE
ROBERT L. KRECHEVSKY, Chief Judge.
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ISSUE
Bankruptcy Code § 1325(a)(3) provides that the court shall confirm a Chapter 13 plan if the plan “has been proposed in good faith....” 11 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(3). Despite the inherent generality and impreciseness of the nondefined term “good faith,” courts of appeals have typically included the requirement that the bankruptcy court inquire whether the debtor is unfairly manipulating the Bankruptcy Code. See, e.g., In re Johnson,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- In the Matter of Robert John Love, Debtor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- In Re Julian Roosevelt Goeb and Jane Alma Goeb, Debtors. In Re Julian Roosevelt Goeb and Jane Alma Goeb v. Harry W. Heid, Chapter 13 TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Education Assistance Corporation v. William Wesley ZellnerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- In Re Gregory A. Lemaire, Debtor. Paul Handeen v. Gregory A. LemaireCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- William Neufeld, Creditor v. Susan K. Freeman, Debtor, and Emily Y. Wilson, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by8 opinions
- United States Internal Revenue Service v. Mathews (In Re Mathews)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 1997
- In Re BurrellUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1995
- In Re LilleyUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1996
- Finizie v. City of Bridgeport (In Re Finizie)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · 1995
- Eilertson v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1997
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