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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 Historysort descending Case or Adversary Number Judge Date of Decision
In re William Wesley Sohl 09-40293 Nail 07/08/2011
In re Willis Ferris Yost and Iona Mae Yost 92-30036 Hoyt 08/20/1993
In re Willis R. Gerth 91-10002 Hoyt 10/25/1991
In re Willis R. Gerth 89-10062 Hoyt 08/02/1989
In re Zacchary McKensie Alcorn and Jennifer Raechelle Alcorn 13-50026 Nail 07/03/2013
In re Zeman Farms, Inc. 87-30132 Hoyt 03/18/1988
In re Zeman Farms, Inc. 87-30132 Hoyt 03/23/1988
In re Zeman Farms, Inc. 87-30132 Hoyt 03/25/1988
Jack Weaver, DDS v. John Nicholas Bardonner (In re Bardonner) 98-5016 Hoyt 12/17/1998
James Dean Meyer and Karmen Lea Meyer v. Credit Collections Bureau (In re Meyer) 05-3007 Hoyt 03/31/2006
James E. Garrett and Sandra Ann Garrett v. First State Bank of Miller, United States by and though Farm Services Agency (FSA) (In re Garrett) 98-3013 Hoyt 01/28/1999
Janet C. Snyder v. Charles J. Snyder (In re Charles J. Snyder) 98-3016 Hoyt 03/16/1999
Jarrett Ranches, Inc. v. Farm Credit Bank of Omaha (In re Jarrett Ranches, Inc.) 89-1001 Hoyt 08/16/1989
Jarrett Ranches, Inc. v. Farm Credit Bank of Omaha (In re Jarrett Ranches, Inc.) 89-1001 Hoyt 08/16/1989
Jarrett Ranches, Inc. v. Farm Credit Bank of Omaha, et al (In re Jarrett Ranches, Inc.) 89-1001 Hoyt 11/20/1989
Jeff D. Roller v. Billy Lee Horn (In re Horn) 04-5015 Hoyt 07/08/2005
Jeffrey Doyle Ofstad v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (In re Jeffrey Doyle Ofstad) 21-5003 Nail 09/14/2021
Jessica Diane Ogle and Jeremy James Ogle v. U.S. Department of Agriculture (In re Ogle) 10-5006 Nail 02/14/2011
Jim Brown, dba 3B Farms v. James Douglas Donovan (In re Donovan) 00-3004 Hoyt 02/07/2001
Joanne Heikes v. Russell Heikes, Caitlin Collier, and A. Thomas Pokela (In re Joanne Heikes) 96-4037 Hoyt 01/31/1997
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
Kelvin Poppen and Ernest Schleuning v. Bill Michael Kessloff (In re Kessloff) 02-5011 Hoyt 04/25/2003
Kenneth Elliott and Marlys Havard Elliott v. Merlin Ziegmann, Sandra Ziegmann, and Gerald A. Bunders (In re Elliott) 98-4027 Hoyt 01/06/1999
Kenneth Elliott and Marlys Havard Elliott v. Merlin Ziegmann, Sandra Ziegmann, and Gerald A. Bunders (In re Elliott) 98-4027 Hoyt 01/11/1999
Kirby Oswald v. Leslie Raymond Gonsor (In re Gonsor) 88-1020 Hoyt 12/13/1988
Kyle Blake Richard and Lana Jean Richard v. Oahe Federal Credit Union (In re Kyle Blake Richard and Lana Jean Richard) 23-3001 Kulm Ask 11/30/2023
LaLeine M. Van Leuven v. Robert Holway (In re Holway) 03-5009 Hoyt 01/31/2005
LaLeine M. Van Leuven v. Robert Holway (In re Holway) 03-5009 Hoyt 01/21/2004
Langford State Bank v. Jesse B. West and Luella V. West (In re West) 00-1013 Hoyt 12/26/2000
Laura J. Howard v. John Michael Abbott (In re Abbott) 01-3005 Hoyt 08/02/2001
LaWayne Larson v. Debra Ann Larson (In re Debra Ann Larson) 01-5010 Hoyt 03/15/2002
Leroy Oleson v. Richard R. Olson (In re Olson) 93-5018 Hoyt 10/20/1994
Lisa Burton v. Dean Robert Walters, Jr. (In re Walters) 98-5005 Hoyt 12/08/1998
Lisa Marlin Winter v. Kevin Julian Winter (In re Kevin Julian Winter) 18-4008 Nail 05/14/2019
LuAnn K. Pfeifle v. Bud Haley Williams (In re Bud Haley Williams and Kathy Claire Williams) 04-4031 Hoyt 08/26/2004
Marilynn Dale Bachmann v. Joseph Henry Bachmann (In re Bachmann) 89-3018 Hoyt 12/11/1990
Marlin Hutterian Brethren v. Thomas John Wipf and Cen-Dak Leasing of North Dakota, Inc. (In re Wipf) 03-1060 Hoyt 10/27/2004
Marlin Hutterian Brethren v. Thomas John Wipf and Cen-Dak Leasing of North Dakota, Inc. (In re Wipf) 03-1060 Hoyt 10/27/2004
Mary McCusker and Virginia Carlson v. Edward H. Tubbs, Jr. (In re Tubbs) 94-5001 Hoyt 06/20/1994
Michael J. Arnoldy and Sonia R. Arnoldy v. David L. Ochs and Annette L. Ochs (In re Ochs) 02-1008 Hoyt 09/30/2002
Minn-Kota Farm Agency, Inc. v. Home Federal Savings & Loan 91-1001 Hoyt 03/27/1992
Mitchel E. Morris v. USA Acting through Internal Revenue (In re Morris) 91-5010 Hoyt 05/03/1995
Nancy Lee McCaslin v. Gary R. Halbert (In re Halbert) 99-1020 Hoyt 03/17/2000
Nathan Johnson, Robert D. Johnson, and Northland Auto Center, Inc. v. James Wright Porter (In re Porter) 07-1004 Nail 09/28/2007
Neuhauser Ranch, Inc. v. Lone Star Cattle Limited Partnership, Lone Star Cattle Company, Ken Jones, Kenneth Jones, Double K Cattle Co. aka KK Cattle Company, Western General Corp. aka General Western Corp., and Bankwest, Inc. (In re Neuhauser Ranch, Inc.) 88-5005 Hoyt 10/13/1989
Neuhauser Ranch, Inc. v. Lone Star Cattle Limited Partnership, Lone Star Cattle Company, Ken Jones, Kenneth Jones, Double K Cattle Co. aka KK Cattle Company, Western General Corp. aka General Western Corp., and Bankwest, Inc. (In re Neuhauser Ranch, Inc.) 88-5005 10/19/1989
Neuhauser Ranch, Inc. v. Lone Star Cattle Limited Partnership, Lone Star Cattle Company, Ken Jones, Kenneth Jones, Double K Cattle Co. aka KK Cattle Company, Western General Corp. aka General Western Corp., and Bankwest, Inc. (In re Neuhauser Ranch, Inc.) 88-5005 Hoyt 09/07/1989
Neuhauser Ranch, Inc. v. Lone Star Cattle Limited Partnership, Lone Star Cattle Company, Ken Jones, Kenneth Jones, Double K Cattle Company aka KK Cattle Co., Western General Corp. aka General Western Corp., & Bankwest, Inc. (In re Neuhauser Ranch, Inc.) 88-5005 Hoyt 12/19/1990
Norland Bicky Hofer and Susan Rae Hofer v. Security State Bank (In re Hofer) 87-1017 Hoyt 12/24/1987
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
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
Northern Hills Collections, Inc. v. Richard Claude McArthur (In re Richard Claude McArthur) 23-5002 Kulm Ask 08/29/2023
Paige Hofer-Ward v. Abdul T. Ward (In re Abdul T. Ward) 00-4011 Hoyt 08/14/2001
Paige Hofer-Ward v. Abdul T. Ward (In re Abdul T. Ward) 00-4011 Hoyt 07/20/2000
Patricia J. Warkenthien v. Brett Evan Warkenthien (In re Brett Evan Warkenthien) 03-3004 Hoyt 06/15/2004
Patricia J. Warkenthien v. Brett Evan Warkenthien (In re Brett Evan Warkenthien) 03-3004 Hoyt 12/19/2003
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
Paul Wilson Mitchell v. Anita Chittenden and Hazel Dyball (In re Mitchell) 06-5006 Hoyt 04/30/2007
Pine Lawn Memorial Park, Inc. v. Michael Allen Klein and MaryAnn Klein (In re Klein) 02-5016 Hoyt 09/22/2004
Pioneer Bank & Trust v. Gerald Wayne Cameron and Rena Eva Dorcas Cameron (In re Cameron) 08-5007 Nail 10/17/2008
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
Ramona L. Byrne v. Gary O. Zilverberg (In re Zilverberg) 96-3010 Hoyt 04/02/1999
RCB Bank v. David Keith Olsen (In re Olsen) 98-1026 Hoyt 06/11/1999
Reliabank Dakota v. Scott Gene Javers and Pamela Jean Javers (In re Scott Gene Javers and Pamela Jean Javers) 21-4003 Nail 03/28/2022
Richard C. Larson v. Jonathan Lee Zoss (In re Zoss) 02-4024 Hoyt 07/12/2002
Richard Kiefer v. Kevin George Klein (In re Klein) 89-5032 Hoyt 01/05/1990
Rick Gartner v. Marquette Bank and White Hills, Inc. (In re White Hills, Inc.) 99-4004 Hoyt 04/10/2000
Rick Gartner v. Marquette Bank and White Hills, Inc. (In re White Hills, Inc.) 99-4004 Hoyt 05/18/1999
Robin Michele Bussiere v. The Board of Trustees of North Kansas City Hospital (In re Robin Michele Bussiere) 19-5004 Nail 04/14/2020
Ryan Bussiere v. Stephanie Bussiere (In re Stephanie Lynn Bussiere) 19-5002 Nail 06/21/2019
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
Scott Charles Stepp v. Rebecca K. Fuller (In re Fuller) 05-4068 Hoyt 12/06/2005
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
Si Tanka University v. United States Department of Interior (In re Si Tanka University) 05-3006 Hoyt 01/27/2006
Smith v. U.S.A., Farmers Home Administration (In re Wilbur John Smith and Betty Jean Smith) 94-3010 Hoyt 07/24/1995
Smith v. U.S.A., Farmers Home Administration (In re Wilbur John Smith and Betty Jean Smith) 94-3010 Hoyt 12/22/1995
South Dakota Department of Social Services v. Jimmy Dean Tines (In re Tines) 03-5014 Hoyt 11/21/2003
Spyke, Inc. and MC Advantages, Inc. v. Ronald H. Zufall and Rebecca S. Zufall (In re Zufall) 06-5005 Hoyt 02/21/2007
Stacy Coffey v. George C. Sleeman (In re Sleeman) 03-4007 Hoyt 08/26/2005
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
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
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
Ted Thoms v. Kent A. Vucurevich (In re Vucurevich) 12-4003 Nail 02/25/2013
Thomas and Jennifer Ortman v. Carolyn Dawn DeJager and Ricky Lee DeJager (In re DeJager) 09-4008 Nail 07/24/2009
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
Tracy J. Lansdowne v. Hal Arden Lansdowne (In re Hal Arden Lansdowne) 97-4055 Hoyt 06/24/1998
Trice Lavonne Crump v. Cristina Ann McCoy (In re Trice Lavonne Crump) 15-4005 Nail 10/06/2016
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
Trustee A. Thomas Pokela v. Dakotaland Federal Credit Union (In re Charles C. Dammann) 96-4027 Hoyt 01/09/1997
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 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
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 12/21/1995
Trustee Dennis C. Whetzal v. Edward A. Kumley and Leesa Irene Kumley (In re Kumley) 98-5003 Hoyt 06/10/1998
Trustee Dennis C. Whetzel v. First International Bank & Trust (In re Lyndon M. Franzen dba Franzen Freightways) 01-5008 Hoyt 10/26/2001
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. A.A.R. Irvine and Vickie B. Irvine (In re Vickie JoAnn Irvine-Hedrick) 12-5006 Nail 11/15/2012
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. Aloysius Arendt (In re Warren Boyd Dozier) 20-3006 Nail 05/26/2021
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. Camille Nickeson, Lee Nickeson, James L. Nickeson Farms, Inc., and LLJ, LLP (In re James Lee Nickeson) 14-1004 Nail 11/25/2014
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. Camille Nickeson, Lee Nickeson, James L. Nickeson Farms, Inc., and LLJ, LLP (In re James Lee Nickeson) 14-1004 Nail 05/28/2015

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