Legal Opinion

Buckstop Lure Co. v. Trost (In Re Trost)

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Michigan

Decided March 7, 1994No. 19-02916PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION REVOKING DISCHARGE PURSUANT TO 11 U.S.C. § 727(d)(1) and (2)

JO ANN C. STEVENSON, Bankruptcy Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This case presents a textbook example of an individual, who finding himself in a seriously precarious financial position as a result of a $4 million defamation judgment, filed a Chapter 7 petition. Although Defendant sought to reap the substantial benefits which flow from filing bankruptcy, he elected to ignore the minimal but necessary requirements which the Bankruptcy Code concomitantly imposes. By his own fraud, deceit, and seemingly complete disregard for the integrity of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Federal Land Bank of Omaha v. Ellingson (In Re Ellingson)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa · 1986
  3. In Re JonesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1990
  4. Brown v. Barley (In Re Barley)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · 1991
  5. Canfield v. Lyons (In Re Lyons)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1982

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Bowman v. Belt Valley Bank (In Re Bowman)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
  2. Eastern Diversified Distributors, Inc. v. Matus (In Re Matus)District Court, N.D. Georgia · 2004
  3. Buckeye Retirement Co. v. Heil (In Re Heil)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2003
  4. State Bank of India v. Kaliana (In Re Kaliana)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1996
  5. Kaler v. Olmstead (In Re Olmstead)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. North Dakota · 1998

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