Legal Opinion

In Re Hicks

United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California

Decided July 12, 1995No. Bankruptcy LA 92-50675-LFPublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION RE MOTION TO REOPEN BANKRUPTCY CASE

LISA HILL FENNING, Bankruptcy Judge.

Debtor has moved to reopen her “no-asset” Chapter 7 case so that she can seek an order holding a prepetition creditor in contempt for violating the discharge injunction of 11 U.S.C. § 524. 1 This is the debtor’s second motion to reopen this case. The purpose of the first motion was to amend the schedules to add an omitted creditor who had filed suit on a prepetition claim. That motion was denied based upon In re Beezley, 994 F.2d 1433 (9th Cir.1993), which holds that, in a no-asset Chapter 7 case in which no claims…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Bernhard v. Bank of America National Trust & Saving AssociationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
  2. A. v. Costantini v. Trans World Airlines and Does I Through XcCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
  3. In Re Aida Lucilla Rosinski D/B/A New Caravan Garden Bar, Debtor. Aida Rosinski D/B/A New Caravan Garden Bar v. Willard BoydCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
  4. In Re Gilbert G. BEEZLEY, Debtor. Gilbert G. BEEZLEY, Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA LAND TITLE COMPANY, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
  5. Goddard v. Security Title Insurance & Guarantee Co.California Supreme Court · 1939

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Nintendo Co. v. Patten (In re Alpex Computer Corp.)Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
  2. Stone v. Stone (In Re Stone)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · 1996
  3. In Re LinzerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 2001
  4. Cadle Co. v. King (In Re King)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 2002
  5. In Re StranoUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · 2000

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