A secured creditor would not be granted relief from the stay because the motion was based on the creditor’s failure to file a timely proof of claim. (Grant) In re Flores, 2023 WL 2787514 (Bankr. N.D. Ind. March 8, 2023) Case Summary Mr. Flores filed a petition under Chapter 13 proposing to pay Gaeta Auto Sales in full, with interest,via...
Whose Hands are Dirtier? A Look at the Unclean Hands Doctrine
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By David J. Rashé, Summer Law Clerk for Martha G. Bronitsky, Chapter 13 Trustee in the Northern District of California (Oakland)
In an opinion issued by Judge Friedland on June 5, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in Northbay Wellness Group., Inc. v. Beyries,1 that the unclean hands doctrine did not apply to allow the debtor to discharge a debt owed to a California marijuana dispensary. Rather, the debt could not be discharged and the debtor would have to address the debt through bankruptcy.
The debtor, Michael . . .
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