Legal Opinion
In Re Smith
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided March 7, 1986No. 19-10095PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MERRITT S. DEITZ, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
Good faith in Chapter 11 is again an issue before this court. Here we consider whether it is permissible for a financially sound debtor to invoke Chapter 11 to avoid posting a supersedeas bond in pending state court litigation. We conclude that it is not, and order this case dismissed.
The recent financial history of the Scottish Inn Motel in Bowling Green, Kentucky, under the management of the debtors W.J. and Betty B. Smith, will make the reader wonder whether he has opened the pages of an opinion from a Chapter 11 court. It is…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- In Re Wally Findlay Galleries (New York), Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- In Re Johns-Manville Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- John v. PaullinSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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