In Re Vernon Lee Finney, Debtor. Vernon Lee Finney v. Alexander Pierce Smith, Trustee

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• holding that bad faith alone was insufficient cause to convert a case back to Chapter 7 from Chapter 11 and that the bankruptcy court needed to consider whether a Chapter 11 proceeding would be objectively futile
• holding subsection 706(a) right not “absolute,” but subject to bad-faith exception
• in Chapter 7 case, debtor failed to comply with trustee’s requests and made undisclosed post-petition transfers of real estate
• debtor’s fraud and filing of motion to convert only after discharge was denied justified immediate reconversion to chapter 7
• debtor’s fraud and filing of motion to convert only after discharge was denied justified immediate reconversion to chapter 7

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