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· 2/9/1996

Bankr. L. Rep. P 76,905 in Re Edward J. Molitor, Debtor. Edward J. Molitor v. Gary C. Eidson Jeffrey M. Schoenwetter

Citations

  • 76 F.3d 218
  • 35 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 588
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 1860
  • 1996 WL 50809

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  • affirming conversion of case for cause and relying on the bad faith finding against the debtor
  • reviewing bankruptcy court’s judgment denying debtor’s motion to dismiss under § 1307(b) and granting motion to convert as final without comment
  • “refusing] to allow the debtor to use § 1307(b) as an ‘escape hatch’ from the charges of bad faith”
  • denying the debtor’s motion to dismiss and converting the case to Chapter 7 because the debtor “failed to offer any defense whatsoever to the [plaintiffs’] allegations of bad faith”
  • affirming bankruptcy court&s finding of bad faith where it was “undisputed at the motion hearing that [debtor] misrepresented both his tax liabilities and his monthly rent expenses on his schedules”
  • affirming district court’s affirmation of bankruptcy court’s judgment that denied debtor’s motion to dismiss under § 1307(b) and granted motion to convert under § 1307(c) because of debtor’s bad faith conduct

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Judges: Arnold, Gibson, Ross

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