Legal Opinion
In Re CORMIER
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 15, 2010No. 19-40417PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
HENRY J. BOROFF, Bankruptcy Judge.
The issues presented in this Chapter 13 case raise important questions regarding the interplay between the rights of mortgage holders and those of financially-strapped property owners seeking relief under the Bankruptcy Code. At a time when the soaring foreclosure rate has left a backlog of bank-owned properties, and both owners and banks often choose to simply walk away — leaving abandoned homes and buildings to blight and burden their neighborhoods, cities, and towns— the inadequacy of existing state and federal laws to provide…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Associates Commercial Corp. v. RashSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Sorenson v. Secretary of the TreasurySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Pratt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. (In Re Pratt)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- United States v. LachmanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
- Negron v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by10 opinions
- In re RoseUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. North Carolina · 2014
- Arsenault v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (In Re Arsenault)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia · 2011
- Maple Forest Condominium Ass'n v. Spencer (In Re Spencer)District Court, E.D. Michigan · 2011
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Sagendorph (In re Sagendorph)District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2017
- Canning v. Beneficial Maine, Inc.Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2011
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