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Classification of Mortgage Deficiency: The Difference Between a Veto Right and Disenfranchisement

In re 18 RVC, LLC, 45 B.R. 492 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 2012) – A chapter 11 debtor proposed to place a mortgagee’s deficiency claim into a separate class from general unsecured claims so that the deficiency claim could not prevent the unsecured class … Continue reading

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Trying to Undo a Settlement: Bad Liens Don’t Make Bad Settlement Payments

Road & Highway Builders, LLC v. United States, 702 F.3d 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2012) – A secured junior lender who purchased property at a senior lender’s foreclosure sale paid $100,000 to the Internal Revenue Service to induce it to release a … Continue reading

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Mortgage Liens: Can Liens Be Stripped Off in a Chapter 13?

Woolsey v. Citibank, N.A. (In re Woolsey), 696 F.3d 1266 (10th Cir. 2012)  – A Chapter 13 plan proposed to strip off the lien of a junior residential mortgage that was totally underwater.  The bankruptcy court sustained an objection to the … Continue reading

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Mortgage Liens: Can Liens Be “Stripped Off” (vs. “Stripped Down”) in a Chapter 7 Case?

Wachovia Mortgage v Smoot, 478 B.R. 555 (E.D.N.Y. 2012) – In Smoot, the bankruptcy court held that a  totally underwater junior lien on a residential property could be “stripped off” in a Chapter 7 case – choosing to follow a Second … Continue reading

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Secured Claims: What Does it Take to Extinguish a Lien Through a Plan?

In re Omega Optical, Inc., 476 B.R. 157 (Bankr. E.D.Pa. 2012) – A bank filed a proof of claim in a bankruptcy that erroneously identified its claim as unsecured.  After confirmation of a chapter 11 plan of reorganization that treated the claim … Continue reading

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Priority Fight: Equipment Vendor Takes On Mortgagee

MTGLQ Investors, LP v. Bresco Solutions, LLC (In re Marvel Cliff Crossing Apartments, LLC), 484 B.R. 175 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 2012) – In Marvel Cliff, an equipment vendor sold and installed security cameras and wireless internet access equipment together with related … Continue reading

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