Legal Opinion
Casey v. Kasal (In Re Kasal)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 21, 1997No. 19-11468PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID A. SCHOLL, Chief Judge.
A INTRODUCTION
The above-referenced proceedings arising out of the instant Chapter 7 bankruptcy case present interesting questions regarding the duties of a bankruptcy judge when receiving potentially meritorious, but poorly prosecuted, challenges to a Chapter 7 debtor’s general bankruptcy discharge. We conclude that, in light of a debtor’s presumptive right to a discharge, we can only consider claims asserted with some logic of finality and specificity by the established bar date, irrespective of the fact that the plaintiffs ineptness appears responsible…
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Casey v. KasalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1998
- Casey v. Kasal (In Re Kasal)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1998
- LINI, Inc. v. Schachter (In Re Schachter)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1997
- The Cadle Co. v. ReedDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 2008
- Palmer Ex Rel. Estate of Palmer v. Hayden (In Re Hayden)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. South Carolina · 1999
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