Legal Opinion
Novak v. Lorenz (In Re Novak)
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 18, 1990No. 89 C 9171, 88 A 804/88 B 7986PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.
John Novak is presently trying to reorganize his affairs under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 1101 et seq. (1988). In the course of reorganizing, No-vak decided to file an adversary complaint against Donald Lorenz and North Shore Refrigeration Co., Inc., for breach of contract and tortious interference with a business relationship. Both defendants timely answered Novak’s complaint, but their answers contained crucial differences: Lorenz asked for trial by jury, while North Shore did not.
Nearly a year later, with trial…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Acolyte Electric Corp. v. City of New YorkUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1986
- In Re United Missouri Bank of Kansas City, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Reda, Inc. v. Harris Trust & Savings Bank (In Re Reda, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1986
- Pankau v. First State Bank of Harvard (In Re Pankau)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1986
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- United States v. Maxwell (In Re Pyramid Industries, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1994
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