In Re McLaughlin’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
1 district ·
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Applies 11 U.S.C. § 1322 · 11 U.S.C. § 1325 · 11 U.S.C. § 326 · 11 U.S.C. § 727
Relies on United States v. Estus · Goeb v. Heid · Kitchens v. Georgia Railroad Bank & Trust Co. · Rimgale Ravenot v. S Rimgale · Deans v. O'Donnell
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“‘[i]n examining the factors, the court must bear in mind the public policy that supports the fair and even-handed according of bankruptcy remedies to debtors whose financial distress is not attributable to misconduct on their part, and who deal fairly and openly with the court and creditors in petitioning for relief.’ In re Sitarz, 150 B.R. 710, 723 (Bankr.D.Minn.1993). Hence, while we must be mindful of the fresh-start purposes of the Code, and while we are not in the business of punishing debtors for bad things they did prior to filing, we must be wary of attempts by debtors to abuse the Code’s remedies.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Vasquez
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