Legal Opinion
Canning v. Beneficial Maine, Inc. (In Re Canning)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine
Decided February 17, 2011No. 17-20061PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
JAMES B. HAINES, JR., Bankruptcy Judge.
On a stipulated record, the parties have submitted the question whether the defendants are vulnerable to sanctions for violating the Bankruptcy Code’s discharge injunction. 1 Chapter 7 debtors Ralph and Megan Canning assert that Beneficial Maine, Inc.; HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc.; and HSBC Mortgage Corp., (collectively, “HSBC”) did so in two ways: first, through post-discharge correspondence asserting that the Cannings’ personal obligation to repay a mortgage endured; and, second, by refusing to immediately foreclose upon the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bessette v. AVCO Financial Services Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Fleet Mortgage Group, Inc. v. KanebCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
- Project B.A.S.I.C. v. KempCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Pratt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. (In Re Pratt)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- In Re SchlichtmannUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2007
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Canning, III v. Beneficial Maine, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013
- In re RoseUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. North Carolina · 2014
- Collins v. Wealthbridge Mortgage Corp. (In re Collins)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · 2012
- Arsenault v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (In Re Arsenault)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia · 2011
- Thomas v. Seterus Inc. (In re Thomas)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Alabama · 2016
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