In re Merhi

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• providing that dismissal is appropriate once it became apparent that the debtor did not have the means to pay the amounts necessary to confirm a plan
• finding debtor’s inability to propose a viable plan to be an unreasonable delay that is prejudicial to creditors and thus warranted dismissal of the case
• continuation of case when debtor cannot propose a confirmable debt adjustment plan constituted prejudicial delay to creditors under 11 U.S.C. § 1307(c)(1)
• “Section 1307(c) provides that cause includes ‘unreasonable delay by the debtor that is prejudicial to creditors’ and ‘denial of confirmation of a plan under section 1325 of this title.”

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Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Tenth Circuit· 2015-08-21· cited 34×
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  E.D. New York· 2015-08-13· cited 11×
• In re Coughlin
  E.D. New York· 2017-06-15· cited 11×
• In re Addams
  E.D. New York· 2017-03-09· cited 8×
• Gecker v. LG Funding, LLC (In re Hill)
  N.D. Illinois· 2018-08-15· cited 4×
• In re Hassan
  E.D. New York· 2015-03-19· cited 3×
• Chiquita Fresh North America, LLC v. Fierman Produce Exchange Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2016-07-28· cited 2×
• UST - CO v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado
  Tenth Circuit· 2015-08-21
• Batac v. Boyajian
  D. Rhode Island· 2015-07-01

Cites

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

• Grogan v. Garner
  Supreme Court· 1991-01-15· cited 5,972×
• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.
  Supreme Court· 2005-03-30· cited 4,974×
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-26· cited 4,825×
• Brown v. Felsen
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-04· cited 1,838×
• Nobelman v. American Savings Bank
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-01· cited 868×
• Marvel Characters, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. Joseph H. Simon, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 2002-11-07· cited 664×
• Beach v. Ocwen Federal Bank
  Supreme Court· 1998-04-22· cited 412×
• Goodman Ex Rel. Goodman v. Sipos
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-08-02· cited 159×
• Hammelburger v. Foursome Inn Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-12-23· cited 105×
• Nicholes v. Johnny Appleseed of Washington (In Re Nicholes)
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-06-23· cited 78×
• Henry Modell & Co. v. Minister
  New York Court of Appeals· 1986-11-25· cited 74×
• Grimes v. Fremont General Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2011-03-31· cited 65×
• Rene v. CITIBANK NA
  E.D. New York· 1999-01-11· cited 63×
• Szerdahelyi v. Harris
  New York Court of Appeals· 1986-02-13· cited 58×
• American General Finance, Inc. v. Paschen (In Re Paschen)
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-07-10· cited 54×
• In Re Clarence Gordon Witt Carolyn Sue Witt, Debtors. Clarence Gordon Witt Carolyn Sue Witt v. United Companies Lending Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-05-21· cited 54×
• Yeiser v. GMAC Mortgage Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2008-02-18· cited 43×
• First National Bank v. Fantasia (In Re Fantasia)
  First Circuit· 1997-08-26· cited 41×
• Unnamed case
  Second Circuit· 2002-03-01· cited 37×
• Charell v. Gonzalez (In Re Gonzalez)
  S.D. New York· 1999-11-18· cited 31×