In Re Reale’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 4 district ·

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1. “The successor judge fulfilled Bankruptcy Rule 9028’s requirements. He issued the requisite certification. He had no duty to recall witnesses as neither party asked him to do so. [The appellee] does not complain that it was given inadequate notice or insufficient time to react to the certification.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lassman v. Keefe (Keefe) · Yules v. Gillis (In Re Gillis)

2. “The judge did state that his analysis included consideration of the witnesses’ demeanor and credibility. We concede that, although credibility can be assayed in this case by considering the witnesses’ words and motives, observing their demeanor from the cold record would be impossible. We consider the judge’s use of the term “demeanor” unfortunate in this case, but far from fatal to his findings. It was probably included inadvertently — and harmlessly....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lassman v. Keefe (Keefe)

3. “intended the purported exchange to be contemporaneous for new value, an essential element of the defense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC