Legal Opinion
Curwen v. Whiton
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 26, 2016No. 3:15-cv-1824 (SRU)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*40MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Stefan R. Underhill, United States District Judge
The question in this bankruptcy appeal is whether a debtor in a Chapter 13 case who is ineligible for discharge as a result of receiving a Chapter 7 discharge within the prior four years is for that reason per se barred from obtaining confirmation of a plan that contemplates voiding (or “stripping off’ or “lien-stripping”) a wholly unsecured, junior mortgage lien. That question can also be framed as whether it is correct to follow a 2011 opinion of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Albert S. Dabrowski — In re Sa-*41dowski, 473 B.R. 12…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Dewsnup v. TimmSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Johnson v. Home State BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Nobelman v. American Savings BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Bullard v. Blue Hills BankSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- HSBC Bank USA, National Ass'n v. Blendheim (In Re Blendheim)Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
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3Cited by7 opinions
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