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· 5/8/1987

In Re Heritage Wood 'N Lakes Estates, Inc.

Citations

  • 73 B.R. 511
  • 1987 Bankr. LEXIS 697

How courts have described this case

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

  • in lifting automatic stay and dismissing Chapter 11 petition, court finds that debtor engaged in \forum shopping\
  • “[The] bankruptcy courts should become involved in eases only if the bankruptcy court’s services are needed to truly reorganize a debtor who is having financial problems .... ”
  • “This is basically no more than a two-party issue that can be resolved in the state court and perhaps in the federal district court on a RICO basis.”
  • in lifting automatic stay and dismissing Chapter 11 petition, court finds that debtor engaged in “forum shopping”
  • “[I]f the matter can be dealt with by another forum, better equipped to do it and in a better position to deal with a dispute between two parties or just a few parties, the bankruptcy court should refrain from exercising its jurisdiction.”

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Judges: George L. Proctor

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