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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 ascending Judge Date of Decision
In re Debra J. Otten 96-40513 Hoyt 01/11/2000
In re John R. Harris 96-40507 Hoyt 11/14/1996
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Fund v. David Conrad Webb (In re David Conrad Webb and Janice Lee Webb ) 96-4050 Hoyt 05/29/1997
First Bank of South Dakota v. Green Tree Financial Corp. (In re E. John Bruner and Eileen Bruner) 96-4049 Hoyt 06/17/1997
First Bank of South Dakota v. Green Tree Financial Corp. (In re E. John Bruner and Eileen Bruner) 96-4049 Hoyt 03/18/1997
In re David Conrad Webb and Janice Lee Webb 96-40476 Hoyt 05/29/1997
In re Margo J. Hoffman 96-4046 Hoyt 07/21/1997
In re Autumn A. Erickson 96-40398 Hoyt 03/28/1997
Joanne Heikes v. Russell Heikes, Caitlin Collier, and A. Thomas Pokela (In re Joanne Heikes) 96-4037 Hoyt 01/31/1997
In re Gary J. Stratmeyer 96-40354 Hoyt 12/02/1996
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Home Federal Savings & Loan (In re Mark Jacob Steinfurth and Susan Xuan Steinfurth) 96-4032 Hoyt 12/23/1996
Trustee A. Thomas Pokela v. First Premier Bank (In re Gregory Scott Bassler, Sr. and Patricia Lynnett Bassler) 96-4031 Hoyt 01/09/1997
Trustee A. Thomas Pokela v. Dakotaland Federal Credit Union (In re Charles C. Dammann) 96-4027 Hoyt 01/09/1997
Trustee Rick A. Yarnall v. First Premier Bank, N.A. (In re Craig Robert Smith) 96-4024 Hoyt 03/27/1997
United States of America v. Dan E. Danielson (In re Danielson) 96-4007 Hoyt 02/04/1997
Paul John Dold v. Carolyn Christie, with Will Annexed of the Estate of Judson S. Berry, Deceased, and Timothy Reish, Minor County Sheriff (In re Dold) 96-4002 Hoyt 06/21/1996
In re Claudette L. Joseph 96-40011 Hoyt 07/03/1996
Ramona L. Byrne v. Gary O. Zilverberg (In re Zilverberg) 96-3010 Hoyt 04/02/1999
In re Roger L. Dice 96-30095 Hoyt 04/02/1997
In re Novotny Brothers, Inc. 96-30016 Hoyt 01/21/2003
Brian Seefeldt v. Carrie Jo Seefeldt (In re Carrie Jo Seefeldt) 96-1017 Hoyt 06/04/1997
In re Ronald J. Tesch and Kim A. Tesch 96-10115 Hoyt 01/28/1997
In re Wayne E. Wasilk and Marlys R. Wasilk 96-10070 Hoyt 10/16/1996
In re Wayne "Tom" Teigen and Pamela Teigen 96-10055 Hoyt 12/18/1998
Gerald Lee Hardy v. Warren Arthur Blake and Patricia K. Blake (In re Blake) 95-5009 Hoyt 10/26/1995
In re Benjamin Stanley Kaiser dba Ben's Custom Wood and Cabinetry 95-50063 Hoyt 06/19/1995
In re Dale G. Hermanson and Brenda L. Hermanson 95-40711 Hoyt 07/11/1996
In re Melvin D. Van Dentop 95-40644 Hoyt 03/07/1997
In re John A. Wingert 95-40479 Hoyt 01/26/1996
In re Oma Bronc May and Dale S. May 95-40397 Hoyt 03/22/1996
In re Loren E. Volberding 95-40368 Hoyt 12/20/1995
In re Lori Ann Hageman 95-40211 Hoyt 07/25/1995
Don Tarrant v. Darwin Harvey Kurtz (In re Kurtz) 95-4017 Hoyt 09/09/1995
In re Melvin L. Patton and Sylvia P. Patton 95-40169 Hoyt 12/20/1995
In re Richard H. Tiede and Doris K. Tiede 95-40038 Hoyt 08/09/1995
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Farm Service Agency-Ag Credit (In re Kerry Lutter and Janet Lutter) 95-3011 Hoyt 04/26/1996
Sentinel Federal Credit Union v. U.S.A./Rural Economic and Community Development, and Donald John Tunnissen and Charlene Joan Tunnissen (In re Tunnissen) 95-3007 Hoyt 03/04/1996
In re Britt E. Williams 95-30031 Hoyt 01/29/1996
In re Donald John Tunnissen and Charlene Joan Tunnissen 95-30001 Hoyt 09/27/2000
In re Joel L. Torigian and Diane J. Torigian 95-10202 Hoyt 07/05/1996
Trustee Dennis C. Whetzal and Kendall L. Gray v. Capital American Life Insurance Company (In re Kendall L. Gray and Lauri Anne Gray) 94-5016 Hoyt 12/21/1995
Trustee Dennis C. Whetzal and Kendall L. Gray v. Capital American Life Insurance Company (In re Kendall L. Gray and Lauri Anne Gray) 94-5016 Hoyt 08/10/1995
Trustee Dennis C. Whetzal and Kendall L. Gray v. Capital American Life Insurance Company (In re Kendall L. Gray and Lauri Anne Gray) 94-5016 Hoyt 06/03/1996
In re Charles Gerard Dwyer 94-50152 Hoyt 04/12/1995
Mary McCusker and Virginia Carlson v. Edward H. Tubbs, Jr. (In re Tubbs) 94-5001 Hoyt 06/20/1994
In re Alfred L. Buchholz and Josephine M. Buchholz 94-40526 Hoyt 08/15/1995
In re Jeffrey W. Brown 94-40513 Hoyt 05/10/1996
In re Gerald L. Fitzgerald and Geraldine Fitzgerald 94-40472 Hoyt 06/09/1995
In re Doreen A. Graff 94-40382 Hoyt 05/22/1995
In re Harvey G. Fridrich and Adeline L. Fridrich 94-40247 Hoyt 05/05/1995
Smith v. U.S.A., Farmers Home Administration (In re Wilbur John Smith and Betty Jean Smith) 94-3010 Hoyt 12/22/1995
Smith v. U.S.A., Farmers Home Administration (In re Wilbur John Smith and Betty Jean Smith) 94-3010 Hoyt 07/24/1995
Wilbur John Smith and Betty Jean Smith v. U.S.A./Rural Economic and Community Dev. (In re Smith) 94-3010 Hoyt 06/19/1997
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Daniel Bruce Ecker and Suzann Elizabeth Ecker (In re Ecker) 94-3008 Hoyt 05/03/1995
Trustee John S.Lovald v. Mark Barnett, SD Attorney General, Shannon P. O'Malley, John O'Malley, Marty O'Malley, Larry O'Malley, and Carmelita Loray O'Malley 94-3007 Hoyt 12/01/1995
In re Florence M. Cole 94-30046 Hoyt 10/15/1997
In re Clifford Buxcel and Elaine Buxcel 94-30036 Hoyt 06/19/1995
In re Timothy J. Kappenman and Debbie L. Kappenman 94-10105 Hoyt 03/09/1995
In re Thomas Carroll Tracy and Thomas C. Tracy, Inc. 94-10100 Hoyt 01/10/1995
In re Ronald Owen Torgerson and Charlene Rae Torgerson 94-10095 Hoyt 02/27/1995
In re Cameron W. Wyly 94-10088 Hoyt 03/31/1999
In re Dewain Franklin "Buzzy" Waletich and Joan Marie Waletich 94-10050 Hoyt 03/03/1995
Leroy Oleson v. Richard R. Olson (In re Olson) 93-5018 Hoyt 10/20/1994
Anna Jean Dean v. Tennessee Student Assistant Corp., Sallie Mae Loan Servicing Center, and Collection Technology, Inc. (In re Michael Eugene Dean and Anna Jean Dean) 93-5017 Hoyt 07/28/1994
In re Randall R. Roberts v. Bill Summers Motors, Inc. (In re Roberts) 93-5010 Hoyt 10/27/1993
In re Francis D. Laffey 93-40570 Hoyt 10/30/1995
Trustee James A. Craig v. Nancy Martz O'Brien, Catherine Hyde Nichols, Martha Hyde Brown, and Dorothy Hyde, as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Robert T. Hyde (In re Patricia H. Gridley) 93-4049 Hoyt 03/27/1995
Trustee James A. Craig and Valley Bank v. John N. Gridley, III, Patricia Leigh Gridley Dick, Pamela A. Gridley Jaudes, and Mary Jane Gridley Simmons (In re Patricia H. Gridley) 93-4046 Hoyt 03/27/1995
In re Double L.J. Farms 93-40213 Hoyt 08/19/1996
In re Tommy O. Rice and Diane Ellen Rice 93-40057 Hoyt 12/18/1995
In re Tommy O. Rice and Diane Ellen Rice 93-40057 Hoyt 08/14/1995
In re Joanne Heikes 93-40002 Hoyt 05/30/1995
In re Glen J. Brinkman and Susan Mary Brinkman 93-30040 Hoyt 06/20/1994
In re James A. Anderson 93-10223 Hoyt 10/29/1996
In re Lake Region Development, Incorporated 93-10192 Hoyt 01/26/1994
In re Edwin Robert Bunke 93-10166 Hoyt 04/11/1994
In re Edwin Robert Bunke 93-10166 Hoyt 09/01/1994
In re Jackalyn R. Anderson 92-50273 Hoyt 04/23/1993
In re Bruno, Inc. 92-50206 Hoyt 08/12/1993
In re Bruno, Inc. 92-50206 Hoyt 10/18/1993
Golden Hills Resort, Inc. v. Homestake Mining Company (In re Golden Hills Resort, Inc.) 92-5012 Hoyt 03/05/1993
Estate of Carl V. Gull and Estate of Eunice I. Gull v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management (In re L.D. Alderson) 92-5002 Hoyt 12/01/1992
In re RKF Truck Lines Limited 92-40226 Hoyt 06/07/1995
In re James W. Eagle and Patricia L. Eagle 92-30072 Hoyt 08/10/1995
In re Patrick Chris Harter 92-30070 Hoyt 03/24/1994
In re Willis Ferris Yost and Iona Mae Yost 92-30036 Hoyt 08/20/1993
In re Michael E. Cummings and Diane L. Cummings 92-3002 Hoyt 11/03/1992
In re Michael E. Cummings and Diane L. Cummings 92-3002 Hoyt 11/03/1992
In re Steen's Feeds, Inc. 91-50339 Hoyt 02/22/1994
In re Jeffrey P. Schultz 91-50290 Hoyt 09/16/1993
In re Ronald Marion and Karla Kay Walgamuth 91-50270 Hoyt 07/01/1992
In re Mitchel E. Morris 91-50242 Hoyt 03/24/1992
In re Black Hills Greyhound Racing Association 91-50224 Hoyt 03/25/1993
In re Vernon E. Ivers and Marilyn K. Ivers 91-50191 Hoyt 06/12/1992
In re Ronald Marion and Karla Kay Walgamuth 91-5018 Hoyt 09/08/1992
Mitchel E. Morris v. USA Acting through Internal Revenue (In re Morris) 91-5010 Hoyt 05/03/1995
In re Arden Loren Stern and Arlene Elsie Stern 91-40509 Hoyt 02/16/2000
In re Arden Loren Stern and Arlene Elsie Stern 91-40509 Hoyt 01/27/1998
In re Charles J. Krall and Carmela M. Krall 91-40225 Hoyt 10/27/1995
In re Coones Ranch, Inc. 91-40183 Hoyt 03/06/1992

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