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Ninth Circuit· 11/21/1994

Bernard v. Coyne (In re Bernard)

Citations

  • 40 F.3d 1028
  • 94 Daily Journal DAR 16364
  • 32 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 508
  • 94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8793
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 32871
  • 1994 WL 651080

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[An] [u]nexcused failure to attend a 341(a) meeting can ... result in sanctions, such as dismissal of the petition.... ” (internal citation omitted)
  • new 30-day objection period runs “only with 24 respect to the exemptions added via the amendment”
  • new 30-day objection period runs “only with 24 respect to the exemptions added via the amendment”
  • the debtor’s contention that a section 341 meeting concluded on a particular date was “unpersuasive” where the “meeting could not conclude on that date because the [debtors] never showed up”
  • “Even if debtors attend a 341(a) meeting and provide the requested information, the information may prove inadequate, or it may point to other sources. The trustee therefore has broad discretion whether to adjourn or conclude the meeting.”

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Judges: Beezer, Kozinski, Nelson

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