Security Trust Co. v. Edwards

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that bad faith can negate the debtor’s right to choose dismissal in lieu of conversion
• affirming dismissal of Chapter 13 case where the debtor had attempted to use it “as an alternative forum to litigate claims”
• “Nothing in the text of either § 706 or § 1307(c) (or the legislative history of either provision
• finding bad faith where: (a) debtor listed virtually every claim in the case as being disputed, despite pre-petition judgments establishing the claims; (b) debtor was sanctioned $88,000.00 pre-petition; (c) debtor proposed a repayment plan of $10.00 per month; and (d
• “This Court agrees with those courts holding that the right to dismissal upon request under § 1307(b) is limited to good-faith debtors.”
• “This Court agrees with those courts holding that the right to dismissal upon request under § 1307(b) is limited to good-faith debtors.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).