In Re Powers

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• holding that “while a debtor’s right to voluntary dismissal is otherwise absolute, it does not apply where the debtor has filed the case for an improper purpose, in bad faith, or to abuse the bankruptcy process.” The Court declines to allow Debtors to use § 1307(b

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Moseley
  C.D. California· 1987-05-29· cited 46×
• Graven v. Fink (In re Graven)
  Eighth Circuit· 1991-06-25· cited 42×
• In Re Rebeor
  N.D. New York· 1988-06-09· cited 33×
• Gaudet v. Kirshenbaum Investment Co. (In Re Gaudet)
  D. Rhode Island· 1991-10-21· cited 33×
• In Re Harper-Elder
  District of Columbia· 1995-07-27· cited 29×
• In Re Fonke
  S.D. Texas· 2004-06-17· cited 23×
• In Re Williams
  N.D. Illinois· 2010-08-18· cited 18×
• In Re Graven
  Eighth Circuit· 1991-06-25· cited 12×
• In Re Sanders
  S.D. Ohio· 1989-04-26· cited 12×
• In Re Polly
  N.D. Texas· 2008-08-08· cited 12×
• In Re Neiman
  S.D. Florida· 2001-01-04· cited 12×
• Johnson v. Stemple (In Re Stemple)
  E.D. Virginia· 2007-02-14· cited 12×
• In Re Szostek
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1988-12-12· cited 12×
• Ross v. AmeriChoice Federal Credit Union
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2015-05-07· cited 10×
• In Re Howard
  D. New Hampshire· 1995-01-19· cited 9×
• In Re Gaudet
  D. Rhode Island· 1986-04-02· cited 9×
• In Re Cowper
  W.D. Michigan· 2001-09-06· cited 1×