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Shearer v. Titus (In Re Titus)

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided February 20, 2019No. 17-3701 & 17-3823PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAmbro, Circuit Judge

When his old law firm broke its lease, attorney Paul Titus was on the hook for millions of dollars in unpaid commercial rent. The landlord tried to recover the rent by targeting the wages Mr. Titus was earning at his new firm. But Mr. Titus's wages never passed through his hands alone; instead, they were deposited by his new firm directly into a bank account owned by both Mr. Titus and his wife as tenants by the entireties.

Eventually, Mr. Titus was forced into bankruptcy and the landlord's claim became a claim of the bankruptcy trustee. Now, after two trials in the Bankruptcy Court and two…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John and Connie Yonki, Carl and Kathryn Corona, Dallas and Patricia Nelson, Mynard and Mildred Duncan, Kirby L. Stegman, Dewayne Anderson, Morris and Barbara Betzold, in No. 94-1064. Rudolph Jenkins, William D. Cunningham, Mather Johnson, Forrest Charles Ginn, Buren William Jones and Martin D. Parkman, in No. 94-1194. Parish of Jefferson, in No. 94-1195. The State of New York, in No. 94-1198. Elton Wilson, Individually, and Frank I. Owen, Individually and on Behalf of the Residents of the State of Alabama, in No. 94-1202. City of New York, in No. 94-1203. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1207. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1208. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, in No. 94-1219Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
  2. Skretvedt v. E.I. DuPont De NemoursCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
  3. In Re: Kaiser Group International Inc., Debtor International Finance Corporation v. Kaiser Group International Inc., Frank J. Perch, Iii, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2005
  4. Weinman v. Fidelity Capital Appreciation Fund (In Re Integra Realty Resources, Inc.)Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
  5. In re: Thomas C. Wettach v.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2016

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3Cited by18 opinions

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  2. Regions Bank v. MDG Lake Trafford, LLC (In re McCuan)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 2019
  3. ATTIAS v. 532 BROOKLYN, LLCDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2023
  4. Bartch v. BarchDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2024
  5. Charles A. Budd, Jr.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · 2022

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