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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
In re Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC 03-10194 Hoyt 01/22/2007
Douglas A. Grovenburg and Kathy Ann Grovenburg and Minor Unnamed Children v. Homestead Insurance Company and North Star Mutual Ins. Co. et al. 97-4021 Hoyt 08/29/1997
In re Arthur Dean Reeves and Emma Lu Reeves 99-30008 Hoyt 06/13/2001
In re Milton Phillip Hoffman and Joel Allen Hoffman and Sheila Diane Hoffman, 87-10275 Hoyt 12/16/1994
In re Lake Region Development, Incorporated 93-10192 Hoyt 01/26/1994
Duane Mehlhaf v. Caitlin Collier (In re Tamara E. Hofer) 97-4045 Hoyt 01/14/1998
In re Junior Sebastian Hammrich and Joyce Marie Hammrich 87-10032 Hoyt 11/13/1989
Cynthia Henley and Markus Bruce Henley v. Express Collections and Meade County (In re Henley) 04-5007 Hoyt 07/13/2004
In re Benjamin Stanley Kaiser dba Ben's Custom Wood and Cabinetry 95-50063 Hoyt 06/19/1995
In re Toni-Dee Lucille Beilke 00-40818 Hoyt 01/11/2001
Marilynn Dale Bachmann v. Joseph Henry Bachmann (In re Bachmann) 89-3018 Hoyt 12/11/1990
Gregory Antonio Robinson and Melinda Robinson v. Fairbanks Capital Corp. (In re Robinson) 04-4045 Hoyt 01/27/2005
In re Dickson Warren Jorgensen and Christine Marion Jorgensen 96-50173 Hoyt 10/01/1996
North Central Construction, Inc. v. Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC, et al. (In re Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC) 03-1032 Hoyt 11/14/2003
In re Vernell E. Smith and Carol J. Smith 87-30110 Hoyt 10/05/1992
In re Bert Outka and Rosalie J. Outka 97-50491 Hoyt 04/13/2000
In re Monty R. Montgomery and Susan M. Montgomery 03-50416 Hoyt 04/03/2006
In re Nathan Shaull 02-30051 Hoyt 03/05/2004
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 Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC 03-10194 Hoyt 04/18/2007
Douglas A. Grovenburg and Kathy Ann Grovenburg and Minor Unnamed Children v. Homestead Insurance Company and North Star Mutual Ins. Co. et al. 97-4021 Hoyt 10/14/1997
In re Arthur Dean Reeves and Emma Lu Reeves 99-30008 Hoyt 01/23/2001
Leroy Oleson v. Richard R. Olson (In re Olson) 93-5018 Hoyt 10/20/1994
In re Darrell Hookie 97-40015 Hoyt 04/16/1998
In re Willis R. Gerth 89-10062 Hoyt 08/02/1989
LaLeine M. Van Leuven v. Robert Holway (In re Holway) 03-5009 Hoyt 01/21/2004
In re Timothy J. Kappenman and Debbie L. Kappenman 94-10105 Hoyt 03/09/1995
In re Robert L. Boeka, Jr. 01-40301 Hoyt 07/17/2001
In re Marvin Beckler and Sally Beckler 90-10168 Hoyt 12/31/1990
In re Gregory Antonio Robinson and Melinda Robinson 04-40674 Hoyt 04/04/2005
In re Claudette L. Joseph 96-40011 Hoyt 07/03/1996
Chad Allen Volkers v. Indiana Wesleyan University (In re Volkers) 03-5006 Hoyt 10/10/2003
In re William Clarence Utne 91-10189 Hoyt 10/05/1992
Wanda G. Gaston v. Evan David Pipitone (In re Pipitone) 00-5009 Hoyt 09/08/2000
In re Deborah R. Oberg 05-40387 Hoyt 03/31/2006
Patricia J. Warkenthien v. Brett Evan Warkenthien (In re Brett Evan Warkenthien) 03-3004 Hoyt 06/15/2004
In re Broken Bow Ranch, Inc. 87-30137 Hoyt 03/21/1988
In re Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC 03-10194 Hoyt 06/19/2007
In re David R. Hamann and Peggy J. Hamann 97-10069 Hoyt 11/14/1997
In re Thomas Zane Reeves 99-30061 Hoyt 01/23/2001
In re Steen's Feeds, Inc. 91-50339 Hoyt 02/22/1994
David Benning dba The Gold Mine, Inc. v. Gasper Mudd Karunaratne (In re Karunaratne) 98-4051 Hoyt 11/19/1998
In re Clarence J. Hurn 89-30038 Hoyt 12/12/1989
In re William Bruce Hope and Lori Lynn Hope 03-30093 Hoyt 01/15/2004
In re Charles J. Krall and Carmela M. Krall 91-40225 Hoyt 10/27/1995
Angela D. Ford v. Justin Uriah Cookie (In re Cookie) 01-5005 Hoyt 05/25/2001
In re Stanford Ray Howe 86-50113 Hoyt 06/26/1990
Benjamin Schamber v. Jacqueline Fanchon Schamber (In re Jacqueline Fanchon Schamber) 05-4069 Hoyt 12/16/2005
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Farm Service Agency-Ag Credit (In re Kerry Lutter and Janet Lutter) 95-3011 Hoyt 04/26/1996
Patricia J. Warkenthien v. Brett Evan Warkenthien (In re Brett Evan Warkenthien) 03-3004 Hoyt 12/19/2003
In re Ronald Marion and Karla Kay Walgamuth 91-50270 Hoyt 07/01/1992
In re Thomas Zane Reeves 99-30061 Hoyt 08/14/2000
In re Jacqueline L. Otteson 05-30005 Hoyt 02/01/2006
Frank Guliuzza and Kathy Guliuzza v. Glenn E. Wood and Janet L. Wood (In re Wood) 03-5015 Hoyt 03/15/2004
In re Vaughn Doerr and Genevieve Doerr 86-10156 Hoyt 03/22/1988
Spyke, Inc. and MC Advantages, Inc. v. Ronald H. Zufall and Rebecca S. Zufall (In re Zufall) 06-5005 Hoyt 02/21/2007
Joanne Heikes v. Russell Heikes, Caitlin Collier, and A. Thomas Pokela (In re Joanne Heikes) 96-4037 Hoyt 01/31/1997
In re Constance L. Schenkel 00-40956 Hoyt 06/27/2001
In re Carlene R. Schlup 01-50124 Hoyt 05/18/2001
Mary McCusker and Virginia Carlson v. Edward H. Tubbs, Jr. (In re Tubbs) 94-5001 Hoyt 06/20/1994
Gary Sundquist, Special Administrator of the Estate of Amber Sundquist v. William J. Kaupp (In re Kaupp) 98-3014 Hoyt 12/29/1998
Jarrett Ranches, Inc. v. Farm Credit Bank of Omaha (In re Jarrett Ranches, Inc.) 89-1001 Hoyt 08/16/1989
In re Ricky D. Juhnke and Gwen M. Juhnke 04-41154 Hoyt 12/20/2004
Don Tarrant v. Darwin Harvey Kurtz (In re Kurtz) 95-4017 Hoyt 09/09/1995
In re Bradley M. Doerr and Debra J. Doerr 01-40036 Hoyt 11/30/2001
In re Stanford Ray Howe 86-50113 Hoyt 11/19/1990
First Dakota National Bank, N.A v. James J. Scoblic (In re James J. Scoblic and Jeanne K. Scoblic) 04-4071 Hoyt 05/18/2005
In re Oma Bronc May and Dale S. May 95-40397 Hoyt 03/22/1996
In re Gregory Dean Zike, Sr. 03-41477 Hoyt 12/30/2003
In re Ronald Marion and Karla Kay Walgamuth 91-5018 Hoyt 09/08/1992
In re Kandis K. Rieger 99-30043 Hoyt 06/08/2000
In re Susan M. Powell 05-41698 Hoyt 05/26/2006
North Central Construction, Inc. v. Tri-State Ethanol Company, LLC, First Dakota National Bank, South Dakota Corn Utilization Council, South Dakota Board of Economic Development, et al. (In re Tri-State Ethanol Company, LLC) 03-1032 Hoyt 05/10/2004
In re Robert L. Eschenbaum and Donna M. Eschenbaum 86-30023 Hoyt 04/21/1988
In re Margo J. Hoffman 96-4046 Hoyt 07/21/1997
In re Samuel Dorsey Thompson 01-50009 Hoyt 07/19/2001
In re Desmond V. Van Zee and Patricia E. Van Zee 87-30128 Hoyt 02/11/1994
Harry Vanderwerf, Betty Vanderwerf and David Vanderwerf v. James T. Kirwan and Shirley M. Kirwan (In re Kirwan) 97-3011 Hoyt 04/06/1998
Jarrett Ranches, Inc. v. Farm Credit Bank of Omaha (In re Jarrett Ranches, Inc.) 89-1001 Hoyt 08/16/1989
Pine Lawn Memorial Park, Inc. v. Michael Allen Klein and MaryAnn Klein (In re Klein) 02-5016 Hoyt 09/22/2004
In re Francis D. Laffey 93-40570 Hoyt 10/30/1995
Jim Brown, dba 3B Farms v. James Douglas Donovan (In re Donovan) 00-3004 Hoyt 02/07/2001
In re Robert L. Ehrich 85-50119 Hoyt 06/27/1990
In re John James Shishnia 05-10073 Hoyt 09/28/2005
In re Neuhauser Ranch, Inc. 87-50123 Hoyt 06/06/1996
In re Gregory A. Anderson and Deanne M. Anderson 01-10280 Hoyt 02/07/2002
In re Sarah Anthony Wax 91-30086 Hoyt 11/05/1992
Connie Drew v. Thomas W. Stanton and Mary Stanton (In re Stanton) 99-5022 Hoyt 02/03/2000
In re David A. Schweinforth 02-40446 Hoyt 01/26/2006
In re Danny C. Wolff and Marla J. Wolff 03-40853 Hoyt 05/17/2004
Kirby Oswald v. Leslie Raymond Gonsor (In re Gonsor) 88-1020 Hoyt 12/13/1988
Trustee John S. Lovald v. State Farm Insurance Companies (In re Dorothy Marie Jorgensen) 97-4029 Hoyt 09/18/1997
Holly Hayden v. Ronald Edward Tidwell (In re Tidwell) 00-5016 Hoyt 06/13/2001
In re Jackalyn R. Anderson 92-50273 Hoyt 04/23/1993
Harry Vanderwerf, Betty Vanderwerf and David Vanderwerf v. William P. Kirwan (In re Kirwan) 97-3010 Hoyt 04/06/1998
Jarrett Ranches, Inc. v. Farm Credit Bank of Omaha, et al (In re Jarrett Ranches, Inc.) 89-1001 Hoyt 11/20/1989
In re Stacy J. Koolstra 04-40056 Hoyt 08/03/2004
Mitchel E. Morris v. USA Acting through Internal Revenue (In re Morris) 91-5010 Hoyt 05/03/1995
In re Marilyn Anne Durante 01-50181 Hoyt 11/19/2001
In re Jessie Joyce Hughes and Caroll Lee Hughes 99-40302 Hoyt 10/18/1999

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