Cases That Caught My Eye

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By John Gustafson, Chapter 13 Trustee

Proving again that sequels stink, Cases That Caught My Eye is back with even worse jokes and more than your recommended daily allowance of shamelessly bad puns.  Yep, it’s another edition of beach blanket bankruptcy reading!

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It seems like a couple of times a year, some debtor get the idea that they need a court order, and decides to get it the easy way by just printing one up - rather than the more traditional method of counsel filing a motion, arguing the law and the facts, and . . .

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