In Re Lesniak

How courts have described this case

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

• conversion denied because schedules were “fraught with discrepancies” and because of lack of motivation to pay debts
• conversion denied because schedules were “fraught with discrepancies” and because of lack of motivation to pay debts
• “[N]either the text, the legislative history, nor the case law regarding Section 706(a) grants a debtor a truly absolute right to convert.”
• “[T]he Court finds that it would be an abuse of process to permit the Debtors to convert to Chapter 13 at this stage of their Chapter 7 case.”
• conversion denied due to omissions of assets, false testimony, and prepetition conduct
• request for conversion denied where evidence supports debtor’s lack of good faith

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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  Sixth Circuit· 2005-10-18· cited 49×
• Kuntz v. Shambam (In Re Kuntz)
  First Circuit· 1999-04-07· cited 31×
• In Re Mosby
  E.D. Virginia· 2000-01-12· cited 27×
• In Re Marcakis
  E.D. New York· 2000-10-23· cited 26×
• Copper v. Copper (In Re Copper)
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-09-24· cited 25×
• In Re Krishnaya
  S.D. New York· 2001-06-06· cited 24×
• Miller v. United States Trustee (In Re Miller)
  Tenth Circuit· 2003-12-30· cited 20×
• In Re Verdi
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1999-12-10· cited 20×
• In Re Hauswirth
  N.D. Georgia· 1999-06-28· cited 18×
• In Re Oblinger
  N.D. Ohio· 2003-01-06· cited 14×
• Pequeno v. Schmidt
  S.D. Texas· 2004-03-31· cited 13×
• In Re Starling
  N.D. Illinois· 2007-01-11· cited 10×
• In Re Carrow
  N.D. New York· 2004-09-08· cited 9×
• In Re Goines
  M.D. North Carolina· 2007-11-13· cited 6×
• In Re Stern
  D. Maryland· 2001-08-13· cited 5×
• In Re Little
  E.D. Missouri· 2000-02-09· cited 4×
• In re Santos
  C.D. California· 2017-01-10· cited 3×
• In Re Caruso
  D. Nebraska· 2001-08-10· cited 1×
• Copper v. Copper
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-09-24
• Copper v. Copper
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-10-18

Cites

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

• Nelson v. Easley (In Re Easley)
  M.D. Tennessee· 1987-05-01· cited 79×
• In Re Vernon Lee Finney, Debtor. Vernon Lee Finney v. Alexander Pierce Smith, Trustee
  Fourth Circuit· 1993-04-19· cited 74×
• Street v. Lawson (In Re Street)
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-11-25· cited 62×
• In the Matter of Virginia Frederick Martin, Debtor. Virginia Frederick Martin v. Lehman A. Martin, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1989-08-09· cited 57×
• In Re Spencer
  N.D. Oklahoma· 1992-02-14· cited 35×
• In Re Calder
  D. Utah· 1988-11-18· cited 35×
• Matter of Jennings
  S.D. Ohio· 1983-06-29· cited 34×
• In Re Jones
  E.D. Tennessee· 1990-02-22· cited 32×
• In Re Starkey
  N.D. Oklahoma· 1995-02-21· cited 30×
• In the Matter of Zandal Hoskins and Debra A. Hoskins, Debtors-Appellees. Appeal of Nbd Bank, N.A
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-12-12· cited 29×
• In Re Jeffrey
  D. Massachusetts· 1994-01-27· cited 29×
• Matter of Kleber
  N.D. Georgia· 1987-11-02· cited 27×
• In Re Tardiff
  D. Maine· 1992-09-11· cited 25×
• In Re Caldwell
  E.D. Tennessee· 1986-11-10· cited 24×
• In Re Safley
  E.D. Arkansas· 1991-10-07· cited 17×
• In Re Mead
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1983-02-01· cited 17×
• In Re Tardiff
  D. Maine· 1992-03-03· cited 9×
• In Re Sobin
  M.D. Florida· 1989-05-05· cited 8×
• In Re Tardiff
  D. Maine· 1992-07-06· cited 6×
• In Re Schwartz
  E.D. New York· 1995-03-02· cited 5×