Harris v. Viegelahn

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• holding that, following a conversion from Chapter 13 to Chapter 7 bankruptcy, “postpetition wages must be returned to the debtor”
• holding that when the debtor in good faith converts to Chapter 7, the Chapter 13 trustee’s disbursement duties are superseded by 11 U.S.C. § 348(f)
• holding that undistributed plan payments made by a debtor must be distributed to the debtor and not the trustee upon conversion to chapter 7
• holding that wages acquired by the debtor after filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy and not distributed at the time of conversion, are not property of the converted estate under section 348(f)(1)(A)
• noting that conversions from Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings to Chapter 7 proceedings must be initiated in good faith
• recognizing the “steep price” of Chapter 7’s immediate discharge, which is that a debtor “must forfeit virtually all his prepetition property”

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Cited by

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

• Nicke v. Schwartzapfel Partners, P.C.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2017-03-29· cited 245×
• Sandra Slater v. United Steel Corporation
  Eleventh Circuit· 2017-09-18· cited 143×
• HSBC Bank USA, National Ass'n v. Blendheim (In Re Blendheim)
  Ninth Circuit· 2015-10-01· cited 85×
• Thomas v. FTS USA, LLC
  E.D. Virginia· 2016-06-30· cited 51×
• MarketGraphics Research Grp. v. David Berge
  Sixth Circuit· 2020-03-27· cited 46×
• Dante Combs v. The Cordish Companies, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2017-07-05· cited 40×
• Jeffrey P. White & Associates, P.C. v. Fessenden (Wheaton)
  First Circuit· 2016-04-14· cited 32×
• Viegelahn v. Lopez (In Re Lopez)
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-07-31· cited 29×
• Michael D. Schwartz v. Barclays Capital, Incorporated
  Seventh Circuit· 2015-08-24· cited 28×
• Hawk v. Engelhart (In Re Hawk)
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-09-05· cited 26×
• John Bird v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah
  Tenth Circuit· 2017-11-30· cited 26×
• Thomas v. Dep't of Educ. (In Re Thomas)
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-07-30· cited 23×
• Rivera v. Orange County Probation Department (In Re Rivera)
  Ninth Circuit· 2016-08-10· cited 16×
• Stratton C. Pollitzer v. Guy G. Gebhardt
  Eleventh Circuit· 2017-06-27· cited 15×
• Culp v. Stanziale
  D. Delaware· 2015-11-17· cited 15×
• Hull v. Rockwell
  First Circuit· 2020-07-30· cited 14×
• In re Wark
  D. Kansas· 2015-12-17· cited 13×
• In re Brandon
  D. Maryland· 2015-09-10· cited 11×
• Romo v. Montemayor (In re Montemayor)
  S.D. Texas· 2016-03-09· cited 11×
• Rodriguez v. Barrera
  Tenth Circuit· 2022-01-19· cited 10×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Grogan v. Garner
  Supreme Court· 1991-01-15· cited 5,972×
• Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Mass.
  Supreme Court· 2007-02-21· cited 843×
• In the Matter of Daniel L. Lybrook and Linda Lou Lybrook, Debtors-Appellants
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-12-18· cited 103×
• In Re: Barry L. Michael v.
  Third Circuit· 2012-10-26· cited 74×
• Waugh v. Saldamarco (In Re Waugh)
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1988-02-01· cited 32×
• In Re Boggs
  W.D. Washington· 1992-02-24· cited 21×
• In Re Siegfried
  D. Colorado· 1998-04-24· cited 16×
• In Re Calder
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-08-25· cited 14×
• Mary Viegelahn v. Charles Harris, III
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-07-07· cited 9×

Other cases named Harris v. Viegelahn

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Harris v. Viegelahn
  Supreme Court· 2014-12-12