Legal Opinion

Goldstein v. Diamond (In re Diamond)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 22, 2014No. BAP No. 14-6001PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KRESSEL, Bankruptcy Judge.

Michael Jay Goldstein appeals from an order of the bankruptcy court directing the clerk to reject the filing of his dis-chargeability complaint. The court ordered the complaint and a subsequent brief to be returned to him because he failed to make a motion to reopen the underlying bankruptcy case. For the reasons that follow, we reverse. BACKGROUND

On November 29, 2011, Richard Allen Diamond filed a chapter 7 bankruptcy petition in the Eastern District of Missouri. February 28, 2012 was set as the deadline for filing a complaint to determine the dischargeability of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Menk v. Lapaglia (In Re Menk)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
  2. Lopez v. Specialty Restaurants Corp. (In Re Lopez)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  3. In Re Andrew Staffer, Debtor, Andrew Staffer v. Robert PredovichCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  4. Koehler v. GrantUnited States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  5. Mid-City Bank v. Skyline Woods Homeowners Ass'n (In Re Skyline Woods Country Club, LLC)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2010

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Goldstein v. Diamond (In re Diamond)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2015
  2. Michael Jay Goldstein v. Richard Allen DiamondUnited States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2015

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