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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 Kirwan Ranch 97-30004 Hoyt 02/23/2001
In re Loren E. Volberding 95-40368 Hoyt 12/20/1995
In re Cameron W. Wyly 94-10088 Hoyt 03/31/1999
In re Bradley Duane Thomas 05-10148 Hoyt 10/12/2005
In re Wilfred Reinbold 87-10311 Hoyt 02/12/1990
In re James W. Eagle and Patricia L. Eagle 92-30072 Hoyt 08/10/1995
In re Todd H. Sayles and Jill R. Sayles 01-41423 Hoyt 11/05/2002
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
In re Donald E. Schmidt and Helen M. Schmidt 87-10033 Hoyt 06/11/1991
In re Joseph William Dreps and Cynthia Ann Dreps 99-50103 Hoyt 08/05/1999
In re Tamara Jo Johnson 01-41133 Hoyt 01/10/2003
In re Roger Storm 87-30022 Hoyt 07/08/1988
In re Dakota Industries, Inc. 87-40209 Hoyt 11/08/1996
In re Willis Ferris Yost and Iona Mae Yost 92-30036 Hoyt 08/20/1993
Paul Wilson Mitchell v. Anita Chittenden and Hazel Dyball (In re Mitchell) 06-5006 Hoyt 04/30/2007
In re Lamont Darrell Hill 00-30071 Hoyt 11/03/2000
CorTrust Bank, N.A. v. Loren D. Miller and Jean A. Miller (In re Miller) 04-4016 Hoyt 06/04/2004
In re H & M Parmely Farms 84-30055 Hoyt 12/12/1989
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 Jacob P. Klammes 00-50433 Hoyt 04/25/2001
In re Dewain Franklin "Buzzy" Waletich and Joan Marie Waletich 94-10050 Hoyt 03/03/1995
Ramona L. Byrne v. Gary O. Zilverberg (In re Zilverberg) 96-3010 Hoyt 04/02/1999
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Dale A. Tjeerdsma (In re Tjeerdsma) 04-4074 Hoyt 04/28/2005
Norland Bicky Hofer and Susan Rae Hofer v. Security State Bank (In re Hofer) 87-1017 Hoyt 12/24/1987
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Daniel Bruce Ecker and Suzann Elizabeth Ecker (In re Ecker) 94-3008 Hoyt 05/03/1995
In re Gerald L. Fitzgerald and Geraldine Fitzgerald 94-40472 Hoyt 06/09/1995
In re Darci Stanford and John Stanford 02-40129 Hoyt 05/17/2002
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
United States of America and Trustee A. Thomas Pokela v. Gerald Lee Swanson and Cheryl Marie Swanson (In re Swanson) 90-1012 Hoyt 03/18/1991
Kenneth Elliott and Marlys Havard Elliott v. Merlin Ziegmann, Sandra Ziegmann, and Gerald A. Bunders (In re Elliott) 98-4027 Hoyt 01/06/1999
In re Kermit R. Johnson 03-10042 Hoyt 08/15/2003
In re Edward L. Swenson and Phyllis Swenson 87-30136 Hoyt 06/20/1988
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
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 Julie A. Squires 05-10433 Hoyt 05/07/2007
In re David K. Huskey and Colleen L. Huskey 00-10009 Hoyt 05/30/2000
In re Nichole M. Morrison 04-40185 Hoyt 06/04/2004
Trustee William J. Pfeiffer v. Eureka State Bank (In re Leland John Rapp and Mari Margaret Rapp) 88-1031 Hoyt 04/10/1989
First Bank of South Dakota v. Green Tree Financial Corp. (In re E. John Bruner and Eileen Bruner) 96-4049 Hoyt 06/17/1997
In re Nora Y. Ludwig 01-40473 Hoyt 10/26/2001
In re Arthur Adolph Berger and Cheryl Jean Berger 87-10289 Hoyt 01/07/1994
In re Ehab A. Andrawis 98-40040 Hoyt 07/30/1998
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 Ralph Laverne Beckwith and Anna Amelia Beckwith 82-30008 Hoyt 12/15/1987
In re Norman Eugene French 91-40108 Hoyt 03/24/1995
In re Dwain Swenson and Linda Swenson 02-40154 Hoyt 07/15/2002
Scott Charles Stepp v. Rebecca K. Fuller (In re Fuller) 05-4068 Hoyt 12/06/2005
In re James Earenfight Travis 90-10094 Hoyt 04/05/1991
Kenneth Elliott and Marlys Havard Elliott v. Merlin Ziegmann, Sandra Ziegmann, and Gerald A. Bunders (In re Elliott) 98-4027 Hoyt 01/11/1999
Kelvin Poppen and Ernest Schleuning v. Bill Michael Kessloff (In re Kessloff) 02-5011 Hoyt 04/25/2003
In re Tri-County Water Association, Inc. 87-30105 Hoyt 09/22/1988
In re Double L.J. Farms 93-40213 Hoyt 08/19/1996
In re Lynn Brandenburger and Valeria C. Brandenburger and In re Ardell Francis Searcy and Bernette Mae Searcy 87-10162 Hoyt 07/17/1992
In re Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC 03-10194 Hoyt 01/22/2007
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Gerald R. Kirwan, Jr. and Leona J. Kirwan (In re Kirwan Ranch) 99-3001 Hoyt 01/12/2000
In re Tamara Lea Murray 03-50393 Hoyt 01/21/2004
In re Norman L. Schafer and Cindy Schafer 88-10208 Hoyt 06/29/1989
In re Stanley T. Cichonski and Lynne D. Cichonski 97-50170 Hoyt 09/23/1997
In re Ned Maryott, fdba Maryott Livestock 01-10052 Hoyt 09/24/2001
In re Glen J. Brinkman and Susan Mary Brinkman 93-30040 Hoyt 06/20/1994
Jack Weaver, DDS v. John Nicholas Bardonner (In re Bardonner) 98-5016 Hoyt 12/17/1998
In re Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC 03-10194 Hoyt 03/14/2005
In re Ralph Gerald Preszler and Elizabeth Marcella Preszler 82-10124 Hoyt 12/22/1987
In re Harvey G. Fridrich and Adeline L. Fridrich 94-40247 Hoyt 05/05/1995
In re SueAnn Turner 01-50504 Hoyt 01/02/2002
In re David Giere and Nancy A. Giere 04-10297 Hoyt 04/12/2005
In re James Earenfight Travis 90-10094 Hoyt 04/05/1991
In re Gail E. Etzel and John H. Etzel 99-10262 Hoyt 12/07/1999
In re Gehrig Joseph Maunders and JanaLee Peterson 01-41291 Hoyt 03/21/2003
In re Robert Vander Werff and Arlene Vander Werff 85-30070 Hoyt 06/22/1988
In re Coones Ranch, Inc. 91-40183 Hoyt 03/06/1992
In re Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC 03-10194 Hoyt 04/18/2007
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Gerald R. Kirwan, Jr. and Leona J. Kirwan (In re Kirwan Ranch) 99-3001 Hoyt 06/19/2000
Scott A. Peterson v. Wayne Dullerud, Credit Collections Bureau, K and J Cycle, Capital One, Anesthesia Physicians, JNR Adjustments, Sioux Valley Hospital, and AT&T (In re Peterson) 04-1011 Hoyt 07/01/2004
In re Marvin Leroy Speck and Ellen Marie Speck 88-30065 Hoyt 10/13/1989
In re Florence M. Cole 94-30046 Hoyt 10/15/1997
In re John David McGruder and Marlene Joyce McGruder 00-30094 Hoyt 08/14/2001
In re Edwin Robert Bunke 93-10166 Hoyt 04/11/1994
In re Pamela E. Beauchamp 97-50487 Hoyt 05/28/1998
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Tri-State Financial, LLC (In re Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC) 05-1006 Hoyt 05/04/2005
Production Credit Association of the Midlands v. Bar 7 Bar Charolais Ranch (In re Bar 7 Bar Charolais Ranch) 88-5010 Hoyt 02/03/1989
In re Edward W. Carr and Wilma Carr dba Carr Farms, Inc. 87-40067 Hoyt 06/29/1989
In re Doreen A. Graff 94-40382 Hoyt 05/22/1995
American Family Insurance and Rhonda Opsahl v. Bruce A. Williamson (In re Williamson) 01-1019 Hoyt 02/15/2002
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 Todd Vaughn and Pamela Vaughn 88-50076 Hoyt 03/06/1991
In re Rodney M. Foster 99-10025 Hoyt 08/10/1999
Delores Graham, as Special Administrator for the Estate of Florence Docken v. Ray Meinders, Joy Meinders and First Premier Bank (In re Meinders) 02-4062 Hoyt 04/09/2003
In re Weiszhaar Farms, Inc. and L. J. Hog Company, Inc. 88-10194 Hoyt 11/08/1988
In re Michael E. Cummings and Diane L. Cummings 92-3002 Hoyt 11/03/1992
In re Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC 03-10194 Hoyt 06/19/2007
In re Kirwan Ranch 97-30004 Hoyt 07/14/2000
In re Dennie L. Pravecek and Mindee R. Pravecek 04-40643 Hoyt 07/21/2004
In re Robert Willard Speck and Lorna Marie Speck 87-30054 Hoyt 02/16/1989
In re Leonard Charles Conrad 97-40191 Hoyt 11/06/1997
In re Clifford E. Mendel 00-10159 Hoyt 01/31/2001
In re Edwin Robert Bunke 93-10166 Hoyt 09/01/1994
In re Clifford Buxcel and Elaine Buxcel 98-30004 Hoyt 06/17/1998
In re Kevin L. Tronvold and Jolynn M. Tronvold 03-40373 Hoyt 12/14/2005
In re Kyle A. Wilhelmsen and Melissa K. Wilhelmsen 05-30049 Hoyt 12/23/2005

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