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• holding it is within the bankruptcy court’s discretion to reopen a case based on the particular circumstances and equities of each particular case
• holding it is within the bankruptcy court's discretion to reopen a case based on the particular circumstances and equities of each particular case
• holding it is within the bankruptcy court’s discretion to reopen a case based on the particular circumstances and equities of each particular case
• observing that the availability of relief in another forum, presence of parties not subject to the court’s jurisdiction, and passage of time—seven years—are permissible factors to consider in a motion to reopen a bankruptcy case
• “The availability of relief in an alternative forum is a permissible factor on which to base a decision not to reopen a closed bankruptcy case.”
• “The availability of relief in an alternative forum is a permissible factor on which to base a decision not to reopen a closed bankruptcy case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).