Hammes v. Brumley

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• holding that in such cases suit must be brought by the bankruptcy trustee
• noting that reopening a bankruptcy case puts the bankruptcy estate back into the process of administration
• holding bankrupt party had standing to sue and motion to amend complaint to substitute name of bankruptcy trustee as real party in interest related back to filing of original complaint
• taking the position that standing refers to injury in fact and real-party-in-interest status concerns whether the person is the true owner of the right sought to be enforced
• taking the position that standing refers to injury in fact and real- party-in-interest status concerns whether the person is the true owner of the right sought to be enforced
• stating debtor-plaintiffs’ negligence actions violated the above bankruptcy principles; personal injury causes of action existed when bankruptcies were filed yet were not scheduled as assets, and plaintiffs filed their actions after bankruptcy court discharged their debts

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Cited by

83 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• First Farmers Bank & Trust Co. v. Whorley
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-08-05· cited 132×
• Pillsbury Co., Inc. v. Wells Dairy, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2008-07-11· cited 127×
• Miller v. Campbell
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-09-18· cited 62×
• Abbott v. Bates
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1996-09-18· cited 55×
• Wabash Grain, Inc. v. Smith
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1998-09-30· cited 54×
• State Ex Rel. Cittadine v. Indiana Department of Transportation
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2003-06-24· cited 49×
• Union Township School Corp. v. State Ex Rel. Joyce
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1998-06-04· cited 47×
• Robson v. Texas Eastern Corp.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-08-15· cited 45×
• McClure v. Cooper
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-09-16· cited 37×
• Inlow v. Henderson, Daily, Withrow & DeVoe
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-04-23· cited 36×
• Sprague v. Sysco Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-08-30· cited 35×
• Oman v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-09-26· cited 29×
• Asmus v. Capital Region Family Practice
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2003-09-30· cited 25×
• Geico Insurance v. Rowell
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1999-01-13· cited 24×
• American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ginther
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-02-09· cited 23×
• Barga v. Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Group, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1997-10-30· cited 23×
• Crumpacker v. DeNaples
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1998-09-24· cited 21×
• INS Investigations Bureau, Inc. v. Lee
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1999-04-21· cited 21×
• Marquez v. Mayer
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2000-04-28· cited 20×
• Midwestern Indemnity Co. v. Laikin
  S.D. Indiana· 2000-08-16· cited 20×

Cites

33 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pepper v. Litton
  Supreme Court· 1939-12-04· cited 2,011×
• Harold J. Hawkins and Eugenia B. Hawkins v. Landmark Finance Company, in Re Harold J. Hawkins and Eugenia B. Hawkins, Debtors
  Fourth Circuit· 1984-02-07· cited 137×
• In the Matter of Gladys E. Shondel, Debtor-Appellant
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-12-18· cited 127×
• Pence v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-06-20· cited 89×
• Higgins v. Hale
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-04-02· cited 58×
• Schloss v. City of Indianapolis
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1990-05-17· cited 48×
• Mele v. First Colony Life Ins. Co.
  District of Columbia· 1991-05-22· cited 46×
• In Re Thomas. Thomas v. Lurie
  Seventh Circuit· 1953-06-15· cited 40×
• In Re Safren
  C.D. California· 1986-09-26· cited 34×
• Shewmaker v. Etter
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1994-12-28· cited 32×
• Cotton v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-12-14· cited 26×
• Canganelli v. Lake County Indiana Department of Public Welfare (In Re Canganelli)
  N.D. Indiana· 1991-08-03· cited 25×
• Caughey v. Succa (In Re Succa)
  W.D. Texas· 1991-03-08· cited 24×
• Bowen v. Metropolitan Bd. of Zon. App. in Marion Cty.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1974-09-19· cited 24×
• Brenner v. Powers
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1992-01-13· cited 24×
• Schlosser v. Bank of Western Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1992-04-09· cited 23×
• Boucher v. Exide Corp.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1986-10-16· cited 22×
• In Re Traylor
  E.D. New York· 1989-01-09· cited 19×
• In Re Cassell
  E.D. Virginia· 1984-08-13· cited 18×
• Cook v. City of Evansville
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1978-10-17· cited 16×

Other cases named Hammes v. Brumley

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Hammes v. Brumley
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1994-04-25· cited 7×