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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 ascending Case or Adversary Number Judge Date of Decision
William M. Green v. Jay Logan and Colonial Pacific Leasing (In re Green) 97-4016 Hoyt 07/21/1998
William M. Green v. Jay Logan and Colonial Pacific Leasing (In re Green) 97-4016 Hoyt 12/04/1998
William Dean Schmidt and Deborah Lynn Schmidt v. Rodney Ray Nelson (In re Rodney Ray Nelson) 16-5005 Nail 10/03/2016
Wilbur John Smith and Betty Jean Smith v. U.S.A./Rural Economic and Community Dev. (In re Smith) 94-3010 Hoyt 06/19/1997
Western Surety Company v. Fritz R. Lamphere (In re Lamphere) 96-5015 Hoyt 03/12/1997
West River Surgery, P.C. v. William J. Burley (In re Burley) 98-5012 Hoyt 03/05/1999
Wesley D. Ginsbach and Julie A. Ginsbach and Trustee Dennis C. Whetzel 89-5037 Hoyt 01/29/1991
Wells Fargo Bank SD v. Troy E. Grabowska and Renee J. Grabowska (In re Grabowska) 03-1063 Hoyt 08/16/2004
Wanda G. Gaston v. Evan David Pipitone (In re Pipitone) 00-5009 Hoyt 09/08/2000
Violet V. Krage Elton v. Leroy Krage dba Krage Simmentals (In re Krage) 87-1014 Hoyt 03/23/1988
United States of America v. Security State Bank of Doland (In re Weems Farms) 88-1028 Hoyt 03/15/1989
United States of America v. Dan E. Danielson (In re Danielson) 96-4007 Hoyt 02/04/1997
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
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
U.S. Trustee Habbo G. Fokkena v. Billy Lee Horn (In re Horn) 07-5012 Nail 10/03/2007
Trustee William J. Pfeiffer v. Eureka State Bank (In re Leland John Rapp and Mari Margaret Rapp) 88-1031 Hoyt 04/10/1989
Trustee William J. Pfeiffer v. Albert C. Heyd and Ardith Heyd (In re Jack Ray-Henry Heyd) 01-1010 Hoyt 07/20/2001
Trustee William J. Pfeiffer v. Aberdeen Finance Corp. (In re Elsperger) 01-1018 Hoyt 06/24/2002
Trustee Rick A. Yarnall v. First Premier Bank, N.A. (In re Craig Robert Smith) 96-4024 Hoyt 03/27/1997
Trustee Lee Ann Pierce v. Rebecca K. Fuller (In re Fuller) 06-4064 Nail 10/02/2006
Trustee Lee Ann Pierce v. Calvin J. Gjere (In re Ceferino Lipata Datoon, Jr.) 09-4018 Nail 02/24/2010
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
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
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Tri-State Financial, LLC (In re Tri-State Ethanol Company LLC) 05-1006 Hoyt 05/04/2005
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Thornton Capital Advisors, Inc. and Recovery Partners II, LLC (In re The Credit Store, Inc.) 03-4017 Hoyt 06/20/2003
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Thornton Capital Advisors, Inc. and Recovery Partners II, LLC (In re The Credit Store, Inc.) 03-4017 Hoyt 10/07/2004
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Thornton Capital Advisors, Inc. and Recovery Partners II, LLC (In re The Credit Store, Inc.) 03-4017 Hoyt 06/23/2004
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
Trustee John S. Lovald v. State Farm Insurance Companies (In re Dorothy Marie Jorgensen) 97-4029 Hoyt 09/18/1997
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Rolland E. Jensen and J.R. Rawlins, Inc. (In re Thomas W. Tyler) 00-4007 Hoyt 05/25/2000
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. Patricia M. Claussen and Ronald Claussen (In re Patricia M. Claussen) 06-4046 Nail 03/23/2007
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Neil F. Schmidt, Jr., Viking Aircraft Owners, LLC (In re Viking Glass, Inc. and SNE Enterprises, Inc.) 98-4011 Hoyt 05/07/1999
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Neil F. Schmidt, Jr., and Viking Aircraft Owners, LLC (In re Viking Glass, Inc. and SNE Enterprises, Inc.) 98-4011 Hoyt 11/16/1998
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Myril Arch, Sr. (In re Arch) 98-3020 Hoyt 06/02/1999
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Marjorie Alvina Schmidt (In re Schmidt) 97-3001 Hoyt 08/06/1997
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
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
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Home Federal Savings & Loan (In re Mark Jacob Steinfurth and Susan Xuan Steinfurth) 96-4032 Hoyt 12/23/1996
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Home Federal Bank (In re Jay Scott Pliska) 05-4036 Hoyt 08/23/2005
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Gerald R. Kirwan, Jr. and Leona J. Kirwan (In re Kirwan Ranch) 99-3001 Hoyt 01/10/2001
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Gerald R. Kirwan, Jr. and Leona J. Kirwan (In re Kirwan Ranch) 99-3001 Hoyt 02/23/2001
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Gerald R. Kirwan, Jr. and Leona J. Kirwan (In re Kirwan Ranch) 99-3001 Hoyt 01/23/2001
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Gerald R. Kirwan, Jr. and Leona J. Kirwan (In re Kirwan Ranch) 99-3001 Hoyt 06/19/2000
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Gerald R. Kirwan, Jr. and Leona J. Kirwan (In re Kirwan Ranch) 99-3001 Hoyt 01/12/2000
Trustee John S. Lovald v. GEMB Lending Inc. (In re Terry Lee Lockhart-Johnson) 06-3001 Hoyt 03/27/2007
Trustee John S. Lovald v. First Fidelity Bank, Leroy Emil Neuharth, and Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Co. (In re Leroy Emil Neuharth) 98-3004 Hoyt 03/19/1999
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
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Farm Service Agency-Ag Credit (In re Kerry Lutter and Janet Lutter) 95-3011 Hoyt 04/26/1996
Trustee John S. Lovald v. F&M Bank (In re Cahoy Trucking, Inc.) 02-3002 Hoyt 10/17/2002
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Daniel Bruce Ecker and Suzann Elizabeth Ecker (In re Ecker) 94-3008 Hoyt 05/03/1995
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Dale A. Tjeerdsma (In re Tjeerdsma) 04-4074 Hoyt 04/28/2005
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Dakota Truck Underwriters (In re Fischer Enterprises, Inc.) 01-4027 Hoyt 01/28/2002
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Credit Collections Services (In re Deborah Maxwell) 99-4022 Hoyt 12/03/1999
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Credit Collection Services, Inc. (In re Tony Daniel Schultz and Sheri Marie Schultz) 04-4023 Hoyt 09/01/2004
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Border Line, Ltd. (In re James P. Grinnell and Tammy L. Grinnell) 05-4006 Hoyt 07/20/2005
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
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. AGA, Inc. (In re Dale R. Hennigs, Jr. and Karla M. Hennigs) 04-4015 Hoyt 06/22/2005
Trustee John S. Lovald v. AGA, Inc. (In re Dale R. Hennigs, Jr. and Karla M. Hennigs) 04-4015 Hoyt 03/30/2005
Trustee John S. Lovald v. A & J Transportation, Inc., et al. (In re Hagen Transportation Services, Inc.) 02-4013 Hoyt 10/08/2002
Trustee James A. Craig v. Nancy Martz O'Brien, Catherine Hyde Nichols, Martha Hyde Brown, and Dorothy Hyde, as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Robert T. Hyde (In re Patricia H. Gridley) 93-4049 Hoyt 03/27/1995
Trustee James A. Craig and Valley Bank v. John N. Gridley, III, Patricia Leigh Gridley Dick, Pamela A. Gridley Jaudes, and Mary Jane Gridley Simmons (In re Patricia H. Gridley) 93-4046 Hoyt 03/27/1995
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. William C. Buttke (In re Patrick William Buttke and Shana Ruth Buttke) 11-1015 Nail 02/17/2012
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. Tucker Don Pankowski and WesDak Welding and Diesel, LLC (In re Douglas John Kerkvliet) 23-5004 Kulm Ask 10/02/2023
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. Sioux Falls Federal Credit Union (In re Shane R. Ortman) 04-1023 Hoyt 04/15/2005
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. Mary Ann Guzy (In re Marcus Edward Jundt) 13-1006 Nail 02/27/2014
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. Jonathan Brooks Hauser, as Trustee of the Children's Educational Trust, BBS Capital Fund LP, Perceptive Software, LLC, Hauser Holdings, LLC, Mary Jane Hauser, and Land Investments LLC (In re Marcus Edward Jundt) 13-1011 Nail 06/17/2014
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. I-90 Fuel Services, Inc. (In re Danae Kristen Kirschman) 12-1011 Nail 11/15/2012
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. Dewane Stoddard (In re Bradley Jay Stoddard) 10-1022 Nail 03/01/2011
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
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. Aloysius Arendt (In re Warren Boyd Dozier) 20-3006 Nail 05/26/2021
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 Dennis C. Whetzel v. First International Bank & Trust (In re Lyndon M. Franzen dba Franzen Freightways) 01-5008 Hoyt 10/26/2001
Trustee Dennis C. Whetzal v. Edward A. Kumley and Leesa Irene Kumley (In re Kumley) 98-5003 Hoyt 06/10/1998
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 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 A. Thomas Pokela v. First Premier Bank (In re Gregory Scott Bassler, Sr. and Patricia Lynnett Bassler) 96-4031 Hoyt 01/09/1997
Trustee A. Thomas Pokela v. Dakotaland Federal Credit Union (In re Charles C. Dammann) 96-4027 Hoyt 01/09/1997
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
Trice Lavonne Crump v. Cristina Ann McCoy (In re Trice Lavonne Crump) 15-4005 Nail 10/06/2016
Tracy J. Lansdowne v. Hal Arden Lansdowne (In re Hal Arden Lansdowne) 97-4055 Hoyt 06/24/1998
Tidewater Finance Company v. Daniel A. Nelson (In re Nelson) - Defendant Decision 07-4035 Nail 06/30/2008
Tidewater Finance Company v. Daniel A. Nelson (In re Nelson) - Plaintiff Decision 07-4035 Nail 06/30/2008
Thomas and Jennifer Ortman v. Carolyn Dawn DeJager and Ricky Lee DeJager (In re DeJager) 09-4008 Nail 07/24/2009
Ted Thoms v. Kent A. Vucurevich (In re Vucurevich) 12-4003 Nail 02/25/2013
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
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
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
Stacy Coffey v. George C. Sleeman (In re Sleeman) 03-4007 Hoyt 08/26/2005
Spyke, Inc. and MC Advantages, Inc. v. Ronald H. Zufall and Rebecca S. Zufall (In re Zufall) 06-5005 Hoyt 02/21/2007
South Dakota Department of Social Services v. Jimmy Dean Tines (In re Tines) 03-5014 Hoyt 11/21/2003
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
Si Tanka University v. United States Department of Interior (In re Si Tanka University) 05-3006 Hoyt 01/27/2006
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
Scott Charles Stepp v. Rebecca K. Fuller (In re Fuller) 05-4068 Hoyt 12/06/2005
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

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