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Bankruptcy Court Decisions

Using this page.  Notable decisions from Judge Charles L. Nail, Jr. and Judge Irvin N. Hoyt from 1987 to the present are currently accessible on this page.  More will be added as time permits, including notable decisions from Judge Peder K. Ecker.  Click on the case or adversary proceeding name on the left to access a summary of the decision, a link to the full decision, and a summary and links to any appeal opinions.  All decisions are in pdf format.  To view, print, or save, use Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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Disclaimer.  These decisions are provided as a convenience to the Bar and public.  This is not a comprehensive list of all decisions that have been entered by the Court.  They are subject to modification without notice and should not be relied on conclusively.   Before citing a decision for any purpose, confirm you have the most up-to-date version by accessing the particular case or adversary proceeding's docket through CM/ECF or PACER or requesting a certified copy from the Bankruptcy Clerk. 

Summary/Full Decision/Appeal History Case or Adversary Numbersort descending Judge Date of Decision
In re Scott Conlon Rose and April Yvonne Rose 18-40528 Nail 06/11/2019
In re Brenon K. Farmer and Kristie Elizabeth Farmer 19-40378 Nail 07/08/2021
Ryan Bussiere v. Stephanie Bussiere (In re Stephanie Lynn Bussiere) 19-5002 Nail 06/21/2019
Robin Michele Bussiere v. The Board of Trustees of North Kansas City Hospital (In re Robin Michele Bussiere) 19-5004 Nail 04/14/2020
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. Aloysius Arendt (In re Warren Boyd Dozier) 20-3006 Nail 05/26/2021
In re Jodi Marie Stevenson 20-40167 Nail 05/20/2020
In re Brent G. Thompson and Carrie D. Thompson 20-40445 Nail 01/28/2021
In re U STOP PUMP & WASH, LLC 20-40448 Nail 02/11/2021
In re Michael Malcolm Cooper 20-50019 Nail 08/17/2022
In re Jeffrey Jon Ward 21-30028 Nail 04/28/2022
In re T & R Service Company 21-40007 Nail 11/09/2021
Reliabank Dakota v. Scott Gene Javers and Pamela Jean Javers (In re Scott Gene Javers and Pamela Jean Javers) 21-4003 Nail 03/28/2022
In re Bobbi Jo Quigley 21-40170 Nail 02/09/2022
In re Scott Alan Hymans and Rena Michelle Hymans 21-50009 Nail 05/25/2022
Jeffrey Doyle Ofstad v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (In re Jeffrey Doyle Ofstad) 21-5003 Nail 09/14/2021
In re Jeffrey Doyle Ofstad 21-50044 Nail 09/14/2021
In re Casey Lou Menge 22-40043 Nail 09/23/2022
In re Total Fire Protection, Inc. 22-40224 Nail 12/29/2022
In re Ursula Ann Ward 22-50056 Nail 11/29/2022
Kyle Blake Richard and Lana Jean Richard v. Oahe Federal Credit Union (In re Kyle Blake Richard and Lana Jean Richard) 23-3001 Kulm Ask 11/30/2023
Northern Hills Collections, Inc. v. Richard Claude McArthur (In re Richard Claude McArthur) 23-5002 Kulm Ask 08/29/2023
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. Tucker Don Pankowski and WesDak Welding and Diesel, LLC (In re Douglas John Kerkvliet) 23-5004 Kulm Ask 10/02/2023
In re Ralph Gerald Preszler and Elizabeth Marcella Preszler 82-10124 Hoyt 12/22/1987
In re Ralph Laverne Beckwith and Anna Amelia Beckwith 82-30008 Hoyt 12/15/1987
In re Michael Allen Herrick 84-10041 Hoyt 05/09/1988
In re Keith Fischer and Charlene Fischer 84-10114 Hoyt 02/19/1988
In re Bellman Farms, Incorporated 84-30017 Hoyt 12/31/1991
In re H & M Parmely Farms 84-30055 Hoyt 12/12/1989
In re Cal Nowell and Jean Nowell 85-10075 Hoyt 05/15/1989
In re Robert Vander Werff and Arlene Vander Werff 85-30070 Hoyt 06/22/1988
In re Leroy Milton Horsley and Darlene Joy Horsley 85-30071 Hoyt 01/04/1988
In re Robert L. Ehrich 85-50119 Hoyt 06/27/1990
In re Robert Laverne Ehrich 85-50119 Hoyt 03/31/1989
In re Robert Laverne Ehrich 85-50119 Hoyt 04/28/1989
In re Vaughn Doerr and Genevieve Doerr 86-10156 Hoyt 03/22/1988
In re Weiszhaar Farms, Inc. and L.J. Hog Co., Inc. 86-10226 Hoyt 10/19/1989
In re Roger Lee Oletzke and Delores Annette Oletzke 86-10254 Hoyt 07/28/2005
In re Roger Oletzke and Delores Oletzke 86-10254 Hoyt 12/11/1990
In re Norman Christofferson and Sheila Christofferson 86-10308 Hoyt 10/25/1989
In re Kenneth J. Hofer 86-30018 Hoyt 05/17/1988
In re Robert L. Eschenbaum and Donna M. Eschenbaum 86-30023 Hoyt 04/21/1988
In re James Floyd Anderson and Dorothy Joyce Anderson 86-30044 Hoyt 11/19/1993
In re James Anderson and Dorothy Anderson 86-30044 Hoyt 04/11/1988
In re Francis Gerard Goc and Kathie Lynn Goc 86-30045 Hoyt 02/01/1988
In re Daryl Keith Hogg and Donna Rae Hogg 86-30062 Hoyt 03/18/1988
In re Dale Arthur Resel 86-30077 Hoyt 05/16/1988
In re Fred Fanning and Bessie Fanning 86-30115 Hoyt 04/25/1989
In re Earl Hanson and Ruby Hanson, Harold Assman and Jim Assman, Lower Brule Construction, Ward Lemmon and Norman Lemmon, Gary Schindler and Kathleen Schindler, and Donald Schindler and Bonnie Schindler 86-30136 Hoyt 03/08/1989
In re Gerald Jerome Voelker and Antoinette Voelker 86-40428 Hoyt 06/06/1991
In re Trask Charolais 86-50015 Hoyt 05/11/1990
In re Stanford Ray Howe 86-50113 Hoyt 06/26/1990
In re Stanford Ray Howe 86-50113 Hoyt 11/19/1990
In re Junior Sebastian Hammrich and Joyce Marie Hammrich 87-10032 Hoyt 05/11/1994
In re Junior Sebastian Hammrich and Joyce Marie Hammrich 87-10032 Hoyt 12/27/1994
In re Junior Sebastian Hammrich and Joyce Marie Hammrich 87-10032 Hoyt 03/14/1991
In re Junior Sebastian Hammrich and Joyce Marie Hammrich 87-10032 Hoyt 11/13/1989
In re Junior Sebastian Hammrich and Joyce Marie Hammrich 87-10032 Hoyt 03/18/1988
In re Donald E. Schmidt and Helen M. Schmidt 87-10033 Hoyt 06/11/1991
In re Charles Schomaker and Jeanette Schomaker 87-10040 Hoyt 09/13/1988
In re Herbert Warren Allen, III and Donna Mae Allen 87-10052 Hoyt 01/13/1995
In re Herbert W. Allen and Donna Mae Allen 87-10052 Hoyt 10/30/1995
Violet V. Krage Elton v. Leroy Krage dba Krage Simmentals (In re Krage) 87-1014 Hoyt 03/23/1988
In re Lynn Brandenburger and Valeria C. Brandenburger and In re Ardell Francis Searcy and Bernette Mae Searcy 87-10162 Hoyt 07/17/1992
Norland Bicky Hofer and Susan Rae Hofer v. Security State Bank (In re Hofer) 87-1017 Hoyt 12/24/1987
In re Francis Victor Krump and Pauline Margaret Krump, Dennis Voeller and Donna Lynn Voeller, and Craig D. Wendling and Rebecca L. Wendling 87-10230 Hoyt 06/07/1988
In re Milton Phillip Hoffman and Joel Allen Hoffman and Sheila Diane Hoffman, 87-10274 Hoyt 07/08/1994
In re Milton Phillip Hoffman and Joel Allen Hoffman and Sheila Diane Hoffman, 87-10275 Hoyt 12/16/1994
In re Arthur Adolph Berger and Cheryl Jean Berger 87-10289 Hoyt 01/07/1994
In re Wilfred Reinbold 87-10311 Hoyt 04/15/1991
In re Wilfred Reinbold 87-10311 Hoyt 07/19/1991
In re Wilfred Reinbold 87-10311 Hoyt 02/12/1990
In re Donald S. Reed and Sharon M. Reed 87-10312 Hoyt 08/07/1991
In re Alvin Bauer and Deloris La Ryne Bauer 87-1042 Hoyt 07/07/1988
Alvin Raymond Bauer and Deloris La Ryne Bauer v. The United States of America (In re Bauer) 87-1042 Hoyt 11/18/1988
In re Roger Storm 87-30022 Hoyt 10/13/1989
In re Roger Storm 87-30022 Hoyt 07/08/1988
In re Leland Pearson and Glennis Pearson 87-30047 Hoyt 02/16/1989
In re Robert Willard Speck and Lorna Marie Speck 87-30054 Hoyt 02/16/1989
In re Ellis Brothers and Dorothy Faye Ellis 87-30059 Hoyt 01/26/1993
In re Duane John Slunecka and Robert Slunecka 87-30085 Hoyt 06/21/1988
In re Leroy John Rausch and Patricia Evelyn Rausch 87-30100 Hoyt 02/05/1999
In re Tri-County Water Association, Inc. 87-30105 Hoyt 09/22/1988
In re Vernell E. Smith and Carol J. Smith 87-30110 Hoyt 10/05/1992
In re Desmond V. Van Zee and Patricia E. Van Zee 87-30128 Hoyt 02/11/1994
In re Zeman Farms, Inc. 87-30132 Hoyt 03/18/1988
In re Zeman Farms, Inc. 87-30132 Hoyt 03/23/1988
In re Zeman Farms, Inc. 87-30132 Hoyt 03/25/1988
In re Edward L. Swenson and Phyllis Swenson 87-30136 Hoyt 06/20/1988
In re Broken Bow Ranch, Inc. 87-30137 Hoyt 06/26/1995
In re Broken Bow Ranch, Inc. 87-30137 Hoyt 03/21/1988
In re Edward W. Carr and Wilma Carr dba Carr Farms, Inc. 87-40067 Hoyt 06/14/1991
In re Edward W. Carr and Wilma Carr dba Carr Farms, Inc. 87-40067 Hoyt 06/29/1989
In re Leonard A. Rowley and Beverly A. Rowley 87-40157 Hoyt 07/29/1996
In re Dakota Industries, Inc. 87-40209 Hoyt 04/28/1997
In re Dakota Industries, Inc. 87-40209 Hoyt 11/08/1996
In re Sioux Alfalfa Meal Company 87-40649 Hoyt 11/17/1988
In re Neuhauser Ranch, Inc. 87-50123 Hoyt 06/06/1996
In re Neuhauser Ranch, Inc. 87-50123 Hoyt 06/20/1995
In re Neuhauser Ranch, Inc. 87-50123 Hoyt 12/19/1995
In re J. Howard Harrison and Darlene F. Harrison 87-50250 Hoyt 05/21/1993

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