Legal Opinion
Meier v. Katz
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 11, 2016No. 15 C 3434PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
John Z. Lee, United States District Judge
Robert J. Meier filed for individual bankruptcy under Chapter 11 in 2014. He then converted his case to a case under Chapter 7, which raised the question of whether the money Meier had earned after the commencement of the proceedings belonged to him or the Chapter 7 estate. A creditor filed a motion, which was joined by the Chapter 7 trustee, seeking to compel Meier to turn over the funds to the Chapter 7 estate. The bankruptcy court granted the motion, and Meier appealed. For the reasons stated below, the Court affirms the…
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