Legal Opinion
Swinney v. Turner
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided May 13, 2004No. 4:03-cv-00189PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LAND, District Judge.
Debtors appeal the October 14, 2003 order of the bankruptcy court transferring their Chapter 7 bankruptcy case to the Middle District of Alabama. The ruling of the bankruptcy court is affirmed. 1
BACKGROUND
In deciding an appeal from a bankruptcy court, the district court sits as an appellate court, reviewing the bankruptcy court’s findings of fact for clear error and its conclusions of law de novo. Fed. R. Bankr.P. 8013; see also In re Thomas, 883 F.2d 991, 994 (11th Cir.1989). The bankruptcy court’s findings of fact are undisputed for purposes of this appeal.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Connecticut National Bank v. GermainSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- In Re LeonardDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1985
- In Re LazaroUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · 1991
- United States Trustee v. Sorrells (In Re Sorrells)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Matter of Sporting Club at Illinois CenterUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 1991
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Thompson v. GreenwoodCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
- In re Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2012
- In Re JordanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Tennessee · 2004
- In Re MilesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Georgia · 2004
- In Re MacDonaldDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 2006
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