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· 2/4/1994

Matter of Bergen

Citations

  • 163 B.R. 377
  • 7 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 375
  • 1994 Bankr. LEXIS 105
  • 1994 WL 37872

How courts have described this case

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

  • distinguishing Halbert on the basis that it was commenced as an involuntary chapter 7 case
  • \There is nothing in the Bankruptcy Code or Rules which forecloses objections to exemptions subsequent to a meeting of creditors in a converted case.\
  • “There is nothing in the Bankruptcy Code or Rules which forecloses objections to exemptions subsequent to a meeting of creditors in a converted case.”
  • “If the rules meant the initial meeting of creditors was the only time an objection could be made to exemptions, they would have been drafted consistently.”
  • without a trustee, objections must be made by creditors, and “[i]n fact, the exemptions may be of little importance to a creditor in the earlier stages of a Chapter 11 case ... ”

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Judges: Baynes

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