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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 Christopher Lee Robinson and Rebekah Lee Robinson 11-50190 Nail 11/03/2011
In re Russell Eugene Willman and Cindy Lou Willman 11-40709 Nail 02/16/2012
In re Grant Arlan Parsons and Sandra Kay Parsons 11-30071 Nail 04/18/2012
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. William C. Buttke (In re Patrick William Buttke and Shana Ruth Buttke) 11-1015 Nail 02/17/2012
In re Kurt Douglas Flaig and Jean Hardy Flaig 11-10074 Nail 11/03/2011
Jessica Diane Ogle and Jeremy James Ogle v. U.S. Department of Agriculture (In re Ogle) 10-5006 Nail 02/14/2011
In re Lawrence William Leiferman and Barbara Jean Leiferman 10-40718 Nail 01/19/2011
In re Ryan Eugene Meier and Rebecca Ann Meier 10-40346 Nail 10/27/2010
State of South Dakota Department of Social Services v. David Edwin Malde and Janna Jo Malde (In re Malde) 10-4007 Nail 10/06/2010
In re Curtis Arlen Nessan 10-30075 Nail 04/07/2011
In re Harlan Eugene Reed and Lola Frances Reed 10-30068 Nail 03/16/2011
Joseph E. Hardes Trust and A.A. Hardes Trust v. Michael Joseph Hardes and Penny Lynn Hardes (In re Michael Joseph Hardes and Penny Lynn Hardes) 10-3002 Nail 07/28/2011
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. Dewane Stoddard (In re Bradley Jay Stoddard) 10-1022 Nail 03/01/2011
In re Koryn Michele Steen 10-10206 Nail 04/13/2012
In re Arlyn Juard Coleman and Barbara Lynn Coleman 10-10171 Nail 12/07/2010
In re Veblen West Dairy LLP 10-10071 Nail 07/09/2010
In re Veblen West Dairy LLP 10-10071 Nail 07/16/2010
Dacotah Bank v. Aberdeen Federal Credit Union (In re Brent Joseph Barton and Dawn Francine Barton) 10-1004 Nail 10/05/2010
In re Shawn Arthur Wood 09-50404 Nail 01/28/2010
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Alvin James Falzerano, Gerald Falzerano, Lorelie Barth, Douglas Falzerano, Warren Falzerano, Laura Fox, Vanessa Falzerano, The Falzerano Children's Trust, and Theresa Ann Falzerano Estate (In re Alvin James Falzerano) 09-5013 Nail 05/25/2011
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Kathryn M. Tennyson, ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Great Western Bank, and Pennington County (In re Theodore Stephen Wolk) 09-5010 Nail 04/29/2011
In re Theodore Stephen Wolk 09-50082 Nail 09/17/2009
In re William Wesley Sohl 09-40293 Nail 07/08/2011
Trustee Lee Ann Pierce v. Calvin J. Gjere (In re Ceferino Lipata Datoon, Jr.) 09-4018 Nail 02/24/2010
Thomas and Jennifer Ortman v. Carolyn Dawn DeJager and Ricky Lee DeJager (In re DeJager) 09-4008 Nail 07/24/2009
In re Garrett E. Priest and Nikki Anne Priest 09-10105 Nail 07/23/2010
Brad Allen Stabler and Brenda Lee Stabler v. John R. Beyers (In re Stabler) 09-1002 Nail 07/01/2009
In re William Edward Young and Jami Dawn Young 08-50148 Nail 02/18/2009
Pioneer Bank & Trust v. Gerald Wayne Cameron and Rena Eva Dorcas Cameron (In re Cameron) 08-5007 Nail 10/17/2008
In re William Guy Caple 08-50029 Nail 03/26/2009
In re Patricia Arlene Dougherty 08-40378 Nail 10/08/2008
First Midwest Bank-Deerfield Branches v. George Wallace Beeler, Jr. and Carolyn Jeanne Beeler (In re Beeler) 08-4006 Nail 02/10/2009
In re Larry Charles Mefferd and Julie Ann Mefferd 08-30034 Nail 09/23/2008
In re Leroy Dennis Benedict and Betty L. Fairbanks-Benedict 08-30008 Nail 01/23/2009
In re Stephen Eugene Kuhnel and Angela Gail Kuhnel 07-50232 Nail 12/06/2007
In re Roger Morse Wilsey 07-50230 Nail 12/13/2007
U.S. Trustee Habbo G. Fokkena v. Billy Lee Horn (In re Horn) 07-5012 Nail 10/03/2007
In re Jeffrey Joseph Shotkoski and Constance Lynn Shotkoski 07-40755 Nail 09/28/2009
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Stephen J. McGreevy, Susan S. McGreevy, Avera McKennan Hospital, Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Dakota, and United Fire Group (In re McGreevy) 07-4050 Nail 05/16/2008
Tidewater Finance Company v. Daniel A. Nelson (In re Nelson) - Plaintiff Decision 07-4035 Nail 06/30/2008
Tidewater Finance Company v. Daniel A. Nelson (In re Nelson) - Defendant Decision 07-4035 Nail 06/30/2008
In re Michael Paul Masur and Debora Kae Masur 07-40213 Nail 10/30/2007
Nathan Johnson, Robert D. Johnson, and Northland Auto Center, Inc. v. James Wright Porter (In re Porter) 07-1004 Nail 09/28/2007
In re Marybeth Perry 06-50237 Nail 02/13/2009
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Barbara Van Ekeren, Danny Van Ekeren, and Van Ekeren Properties, Inc. (In re Douglas Gordon Christenson and Roberta June Moen-Christenson) 06-5023 Nail 11/01/2006
In re Mark Paul Huffman and Kim Marie Huffman 06-50096 Nail 11/27/2007
Paul Wilson Mitchell v. Anita Chittenden and Hazel Dyball (In re Mitchell) 06-5006 Hoyt 04/30/2007
Spyke, Inc. and MC Advantages, Inc. v. Ronald H. Zufall and Rebecca S. Zufall (In re Zufall) 06-5005 Hoyt 02/21/2007
Trustee Lee Ann Pierce v. Rebecca K. Fuller (In re Fuller) 06-4064 Nail 10/02/2006
Antonio M. Aguirre, Sr. and Kelli D. Aguirre v. Fullerton Lumber Company, Inc. (In re Aguirre) 06-4048 Hoyt 02/21/2007
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Patricia M. Claussen and Ronald Claussen (In re Patricia M. Claussen) 06-4046 Nail 03/23/2007
In re Dale D. Riedlinger and Sandra M. Riedlinger 06-40238 Nail 04/09/2007
First Premier Bank v. Mary Elizabeth Engels (In re Engels) 06-4018 Hoyt 06/01/2006
In re Dawn Marie Bohn 06-40175 Nail 12/14/2006
In re Richard J. Cink and Carolyn J. Cink 06-40019 Hoyt 02/21/2007
Trustee John S. Lovald v. GEMB Lending Inc. (In re Terry Lee Lockhart-Johnson) 06-3001 Hoyt 03/27/2007
In re Jason Neil Kraft and Kelly Kay Kraft 06-10113 Nail 03/15/2007
In re Kelly K. Chesmore and Michelle M. Chesmore 06-10078 Nail 01/18/2007
In re Thomas L. Lehmann and Rebecca S. Lehmann 05-50830 Hoyt 01/06/2006
In re Jon Eric Wik and Sherry Lynn Wik 05-50615 Nail 11/16/2006
In re Tammy Jo Pettis 05-50434 Hoyt 12/23/2005
In re Robert Rodney Ninas and Janet Marie Ninas 05-50342 Nail 01/20/2009
In re Janet M. Almen 05-50297 Hoyt 01/31/2007
In re Mark Alan BeVier and Jolene Teresa BeVier 05-50209 Hoyt 09/26/2005
In re Jamie Lynn Herding 05-42419 Hoyt 01/31/2007
In re Aisley B. Ferguson 05-42224 Hoyt 04/07/2006
In re David Lee Klundt and Sharon Ruth Klundt, d/b/a Timelesscents And Fine Things 05-42197 Nail 03/03/2008
In re Christian Jay Tapken 05-42109 Hoyt 01/27/2006
In re Susan M. Powell 05-41698 Hoyt 05/26/2006
In re Teresa J. Feucht 05-41178 Hoyt 04/24/2006
In re Duane Everist Willoughby and Nancy Ann Willoughby 05-41025 Hoyt 12/01/2005
Steven L. Folk v. Hauge Associates, Willey Williams Ltd., Janelle Erickson, Daedalus, Inc., Harley Rote, Intek, KSOB Radio, Wells Fargo Bank and World Fuel Services (In re Folk) 05-4081 Hoyt 11/15/2005
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Walter Heien, Herbert L. Hoffman, Jr., Marie A. Hoffman, and Lois J. Ackerman Davis (In re Herbert L. Hoffman and Marie A. Hoffman) 05-4076 Hoyt 05/15/2006
Benjamin Schamber v. Jacqueline Fanchon Schamber (In re Jacqueline Fanchon Schamber) 05-4069 Hoyt 12/16/2005
Scott Charles Stepp v. Rebecca K. Fuller (In re Fuller) 05-4068 Hoyt 12/06/2005
Donna Jones v. Richard Michael Jones (In re Richard Michael Jones and Christine Ann Jones) 05-4067 Hoyt 12/01/2006
Heather K. Tolsma v. Student Loan Finance Corp., Student Loan Corporation, University Accounting Service LLC, and Educational Credit Management Corporation (In re Tolsma) 05-4042 Hoyt 12/02/2005
In re Deborah R. Oberg 05-40387 Hoyt 03/31/2006
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Home Federal Bank (In re Jay Scott Pliska) 05-4036 Hoyt 08/23/2005
In re Jean D. Olson 05-40226 Hoyt 07/21/2005
In re Michael J. Groetken and Amy L. Groetken 05-40215 Hoyt 06/15/2005
In re James H. Stokke and Sarah M. Stokke 05-40158 Hoyt 08/24/2005
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Border Line, Ltd. (In re James P. Grinnell and Tammy L. Grinnell) 05-4006 Hoyt 07/20/2005
In re Joel A. Humpal 05-40048 Hoyt 08/11/2005
United States of America - Bureau of Indian Affairs v. David J. Hump, Karen L. Hump, and Trustee John S. Lovald (In re Hump) 05-3009 Nail 06/26/2007
James Dean Meyer and Karmen Lea Meyer v. Credit Collections Bureau (In re Meyer) 05-3007 Hoyt 03/31/2006
Si Tanka University v. United States Department of Interior (In re Si Tanka University) 05-3006 Hoyt 01/27/2006
In re Kyle A. Wilhelmsen and Melissa K. Wilhelmsen 05-30049 Hoyt 12/23/2005
Cheryl Reed v. Lloyd Curtis Johnson (In re Johnson) 05-3004 Hoyt 05/30/2006
In re Jacqueline L. Otteson 05-30005 Hoyt 02/01/2006
In re Julie A. Squires 05-10433 Hoyt 05/07/2007
In re David Durfee and Sandra Durfee 05-10354 Hoyt 01/31/2006
In re Patricia A. Bucaro 05-10326 Nail 04/09/2007
In re Bradley Duane Thomas 05-10148 Hoyt 10/12/2005
In re Roxanne Renee Swiontek 05-10146 Hoyt 10/31/2005
In re Tomelyn Lee Taylor 05-10120 Hoyt 10/27/2005
In re John James Shishnia 05-10073 Hoyt 09/28/2005
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Tri-State Financial, LLC (In re Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC) 05-1006 Hoyt 05/04/2005
Jeff D. Roller v. Billy Lee Horn (In re Horn) 04-5015 Hoyt 07/08/2005
In re Daniel Ray Gukeisen 04-50103 Hoyt 03/02/2006

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