Legal Opinion

Bruin Portfolio, LLC v. Leicht (In Re Leicht)

Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit

Decided July 7, 1998No. BAP MW 97-067PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAINES, Bankruptcy Judge.

Bruin Portfolio, LLC [“Bruin”] appeals the bankruptcy court’s order avoiding its judicial hen on Gregory and Sara Leicht’s [“Leicht”] residence. After considering carefully Bruin’s challenges to the order, we affirm.

Jurisdiction

The bankruptcy court’s lien avoidance order is a final order. See In re Weinstein, 217 B.R. 5, 6 (D.Mass.1998), appeal pending; see also East Cambridge Sav. Bank v. Silveira (In re Silveira), 141 F.3d 34 (1st Cir.1998)(court of appeals reviewing lien avoidance order without discussion of jurisdiction); see generally In re Saco Local Dev. Corp.,…

2Cases cited63 opinions

  1. Butner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  3. United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  4. Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. Lorillard v. PonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Patriot Portfolio, LLC v. Weinstein (In Re Weinstein)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  2. Maloni v. Fairway Wholesale Corp. (In Re Maloni)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2002
  3. William J. Pasquina, P.C. v. Cunningham (In Re Cunningham)District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2006
  4. McNeilly v. Geremia (In Re McNeilly)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2000
  5. Snyder v. Rockland Trust Co. (In Re Snyder)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2000

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