Legal Opinion

Fogal Legware of Switzerland, Inc. v. Wills (In Re Wills)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 22, 1999No. BAP No. CC-99-1189-PBK. Bankruptcy No. LA 98-28539 SB. Adversary No. LA-98-02460 SBPublishedCited by 108 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PERRIS, Bankruptcy Judge.

Creditor Fogal Legwear of Switzerland, Inc. (“Fogal”) appeals the bankruptcy court’s entry of summary judgment on its complaint to deny debtors Sheldon and Joan Wills (“Debtors”) a discharge based on their prepetition transfers of property and their failure to disclose certain property and the transfers. The primary question presented by this appeal is whether the fact that property that has either been transferred prepetition or is the subject of a false oath in the bankruptcy process has little or no value to the estate precludes denying the debtor a…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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  2. Bankr. L. Rep. P 70,524 in Re Cloyd W. Devers and Barbara Devers, Debtors. Cloyd W. Devers and Barbara Devers v. Bank of Sheridan, MontanaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
  3. Woodworking Enterprises, Inc. v. Baird (In Re Baird)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
  4. In Re Alan Bernard, Linda Bernard, Debtors. Alan Bernard, Linda Bernard v. Clement Sheaffer, Mary SheafferCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
  5. Bankr. L. Rep. P 75,971 United States of America v. Vernon Robert Lindholm, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by108 opinions

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