Legal Opinion
In Re Armstrong
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 20, 2009No. 8-19-71039PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
ROBERT E. GROSSMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.
Before the Court is the Debtor’s motion to voluntarily dismiss this Chapter 13 petition pursuant to Section 1307(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. 1 The Chapter 13 Trustee (the “Trustee”)objects to the Debtor’s motion and argues that the Debtor does not have an absolute right to dismiss her case. Rather, the Trustee urges this Court to find that in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Marrama v. Citizens of Massachusetts, 549 U.S. 365, 127 S.Ct. 1105, 166 L.Ed.2d 956 (2007), the Debtor’s right to dismiss is not an absolute right but is…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Roadway Express, Inc. v. PiperSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Mass.Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Rosson v. Fitzgerald (In Re Rosson)Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 76,905 in Re Edward J. Molitor, Debtor. Edward J. Molitor v. Gary C. Eidson Jeffrey M. SchoenwetterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Jacobsen v. Moser (In Re Jacobsen)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
- Procel v. United States Trustee (In Re Procel)District Court, S.D. New York · 2012
- In Re ArmstrongUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 2009
- In Re WilliamsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2010
- In Re CaolaUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · 2010
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