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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 Number Judgesort ascending Date of Decision
United States of America v. Security State Bank of Doland (In re Weems Farms) 88-1028 Hoyt 03/15/1989
In re Ray Meinders and Joy Meinders 00-40914 Hoyt 09/06/2002
In re Bellman Farms, Incorporated 84-30017 Hoyt 12/31/1991
In re Arden Loren Stern and Arlene Elsie Stern 91-40509 Hoyt 02/16/2000
In re Berwald Partnership 04-10273 Hoyt 08/22/2005
Western Surety Company v. Fritz R. Lamphere (In re Lamphere) 96-5015 Hoyt 03/12/1997
Brian J. Duffy v. Mary Duffy (In re Brian J. Duffy) 02-4069 Hoyt 05/02/2003
In re Dorothy Jean Wehde 98-40522 Hoyt 05/16/2001
In re Black Hills Greyhound Racing Association 91-50224 Hoyt 03/25/1993
In re Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC 03-10194 Hoyt 01/22/2007
Trustee Dennis C. Whetzal v. Edward A. Kumley and Leesa Irene Kumley (In re Kumley) 98-5003 Hoyt 06/10/1998
In re John D. Lipp and Kellie B. Lipp 88-50112 Hoyt 03/23/1989
In re Neuhauser Ranch, Inc. 87-50123 Hoyt 12/19/1995
In re Michael L. Kreber and Sandra L. Kreber 97-40197 Hoyt 06/29/1999
In re Zeman Farms, Inc. 87-30132 Hoyt 03/25/1988
In re KBFS, Inc. 89-50239 Hoyt 09/29/1990
In re Tomelyn Lee Taylor 05-10120 Hoyt 10/27/2005
In re Joel L. Torigian and Diane J. Torigian 95-10202 Hoyt 07/05/1996
In re Philip Wolff and Rose Wolff 89-10011 Hoyt 07/10/1989
In re Loren J. Nehlich and April M. Nehlich 02-10049 Hoyt 08/12/2002
In re Edward W. Carr and Wilma Carr dba Carr Farms, Inc. 91-30030 Hoyt 06/14/1991
In re Charles R. Swenson and Karna L. Swenson 99-10195 Hoyt 05/04/2000
In re Mark Alan BeVier and Jolene Teresa BeVier 05-50209 Hoyt 09/26/2005
In re William C. Mellenberndt 97-40270 Hoyt 09/18/1997
Brian J. Duffy v. Mary Duffy (In re Brian J. Duffy) 02-4069 Hoyt 06/26/2003
In re Dallas A. Wheeler 00-10016 Hoyt 02/20/2001
In re Bruno, Inc. 92-50206 Hoyt 08/12/1993
In re Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC 03-10194 Hoyt 04/18/2007
Tracy J. Lansdowne v. Hal Arden Lansdowne (In re Hal Arden Lansdowne) 97-4055 Hoyt 06/24/1998
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 Melvin L. Patton and Sylvia P. Patton 95-40169 Hoyt 12/20/1995
In re Lee's Travelers Lodge, Inc. 97-50297 Hoyt 04/01/1999
In re Myron M. Kuhlman and Joy F. Kuhlman 88-10093 Hoyt 09/06/1990
In re Kristi L. Theunissen 04-10322 Hoyt 05/25/2005
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 Weiszhaar Farms, Inc. and L.J. Hog Co., Inc. 86-10226 Hoyt 10/19/1989
Michael J. Arnoldy and Sonia R. Arnoldy v. David L. Ochs and Annette L. Ochs (In re Ochs) 02-1008 Hoyt 09/30/2002
In re Edward W. Carr and Wilma Carr dba Carr Farms, Inc. 87-40067 Hoyt 06/14/1991
In re Casey Ray Tebay 00-40245 Hoyt 09/08/2000
In re The Credit Store, Inc. 02-40922 Hoyt 03/07/2005
In re Marjorie Alvina Schmidt 97-30009 Hoyt 08/01/1997
In re Lorraine M. Hankins 01-41241 Hoyt 05/09/2003
In re Betty Wilson and Monte Wilson 00-40790 Hoyt 03/05/2001
In re Bruno, Inc. 92-50206 Hoyt 10/18/1993
In re Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC 03-10194 Hoyt 06/19/2007
Trustee John S. Lovald v. First Bank of South Dakota, NA and Anthony L. Le Pera (In re Anthony L. Le Pera) 97-4060 Hoyt 06/23/1998
In re Larson Concrete Company 00-10053 Hoyt 03/05/2004
In re Tommy O. Rice and Diane Ellen Rice 93-40057 Hoyt 08/14/1995
State of South Dakota on behalf of Eileen M. Lowe aka Mary E. Lowe, Prince of Peace Retirement Community, Inc., and Eileen M. Lowe aka Mary E. Lowe v. Margaret Ann Lowe (In re Margaret Ann Lowe) 99-5006 Hoyt 10/14/1999
In re William O. Leptien and Susan Leptien 90-10074 Hoyt 12/11/1990
In re Bradley Duane Thomas 05-10148 Hoyt 10/12/2005
In re Wayne E. Wasilk and Marlys R. Wasilk 96-10070 Hoyt 10/16/1996
In re James Anderson and Dorothy Anderson 86-30044 Hoyt 04/11/1988
Cynthia Lee Keller v. Marvin Eugene Willard Parkinson (In re Parkinson) 01-4035 Hoyt 05/24/2002
Trustee A. Thomas Pokela and Farm Credit Bank of Omaha v. Calvin John Gardner, John F. Klass, and Wholesale Produce Supply Co. (In re Calvin John Gardner and Jacquelynne Kay Gardner) 90-1005 Hoyt 02/15/1991
In re Ronald E. Tidwell 98-50422 Hoyt 08/16/2000
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Platinum Financial Services Corp. (In re The Credit Store, Inc.) 04-4061 Hoyt 06/03/2005
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Marjorie Alvina Schmidt (In re Schmidt) 97-3001 Hoyt 08/06/1997
In re Vernon E. Ivers, Jr. and Carol S. Ivers 02-50111 Hoyt 06/17/2003
In re Phyllis R. Bitterman 99-41111 Hoyt 06/27/2000
In re Ellis Brothers and Dorothy Faye Ellis 87-30059 Hoyt 01/26/1993
Spyke, Inc. and MC Advantages, Inc. v. Ronald H. Zufall and Rebecca S. Zufall (In re Zufall) 06-5005 Hoyt 02/21/2007
In re Robert D. Mendelsohn and Susan R. Mendelsohn 98-40099 Hoyt 11/10/1998
In re Larson Concrete Company 00-10053 Hoyt 08/27/2004
In re Tommy O. Rice and Diane Ellen Rice 93-40057 Hoyt 12/18/1995
In re Richard M. Maier 99-10177 Hoyt 11/30/1999
In re Marolf Dakota Farms Cheese, Inc. 89-50045 Hoyt 10/17/1990
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Dale A. Tjeerdsma (In re Tjeerdsma) 04-4074 Hoyt 04/28/2005
In re Britt E. Williams 95-30031 Hoyt 01/29/1996
In re Alvin Bauer and Deloris La Ryne Bauer 87-1042 Hoyt 07/07/1988
In re Todd H. Sayles and Jill R. Sayles 01-41423 Hoyt 11/05/2002
In re Willis R. Gerth 91-10002 Hoyt 10/25/1991
Holly Hayden v. Ronald Edward Tidwell (In re Tidwell) 00-5016 Hoyt 11/29/2000
Trustee John S. Lovald v. J.L.B. of Nevada, Inc. and J.L.B. Equities, Inc. (In re The Credit Store, Inc.) 04-4052 Hoyt 08/04/2005
Brian Seefeldt v. Carrie Jo Seefeldt (In re Carrie Jo Seefeldt) 96-1017 Hoyt 06/04/1997
In re Tamara Jo Johnson 01-41133 Hoyt 01/10/2003
Darrell Boyer v. Barbara Irene Boyer (In re Barbara Irene Boyer) 00-5008 Hoyt 11/13/2000
Golden Hills Resort, Inc. v. Homestake Mining Company (In re Golden Hills Resort, Inc.) 92-5012 Hoyt 03/05/1993
In re William C. Shultz and Evelyn Shultz 96-50121 Hoyt 05/11/1998
CorTrust Bank, N.A. v. Loren D. Miller and Jean A. Miller (In re Miller) 04-4016 Hoyt 06/04/2004
In re RKF Truck Lines Limited 92-40226 Hoyt 06/07/1995
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Credit Collections Services (In re Deborah Maxwell) 99-4022 Hoyt 12/03/1999
In re Lynn Henry Maass and Brenda Jean Maass 90-10074 Hoyt 10/25/1990
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 John A. Wingert 95-40479 Hoyt 01/26/1996
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 Darci Stanford and John Stanford 02-40129 Hoyt 05/17/2002
Wesley D. Ginsbach and Julie A. Ginsbach and Trustee Dennis C. Whetzel 89-5037 Hoyt 01/29/1991
In re Donald John Tunnissen and Charlene Joan Tunnissen 95-30001 Hoyt 09/27/2000
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 Rick A. Yarnall v. First Premier Bank, N.A. (In re Craig Robert Smith) 96-4024 Hoyt 03/27/1997
In re Kermit R. Johnson 03-10042 Hoyt 08/15/2003
Bryan L. Brost v. Teri R. Brost (In re Teri R Brost) 99-4020 Hoyt 01/04/2000
In re J. Howard Harrison and Darlene F. Harrison 87-50250 Hoyt 05/21/1993
In re Arden Loren Stern and Arlene Elsie Stern 91-40509 Hoyt 01/27/1998
In re Nichole M. Morrison 04-40185 Hoyt 06/04/2004
In re Steven D. Hanson and Bonnie M. Hanson 00-30078 Hoyt 04/09/2001
In re Rose Ranch Operating Partnership 90-30016 Hoyt 07/21/1995
In re Cara Mc Leod 99-10083 Hoyt 08/05/1999
In re Kevin James Morrow and Laura Jean Morrow 90-10073 Hoyt 10/25/1990

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