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· 11/18/1988

Gross v. Petty (In Re Petty)

Citations

  • 93 B.R. 208
  • 1988 Bankr. LEXIS 2324
  • 1988 WL 131169

How courts have described this case

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

  • analyzing effect of reopening and the word “closed” within context of 11 U.S.C. § 546(a)(2)
  • addressing that issue and allowing a case to be reopened
  • “[A]trustee should not be barred from bringing an avoidance action because the estate was closed under the mistaken assumption that it had been fully administered.”
  • “[S]ince the debtors’ potential interest in the subject real estate was not disclosed in the bankruptcy petition the case was never fully administered within the meaning of § 350(a), and therefore not properly closed under that section.”

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Judges: Ashland, Mooreman, Jones

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