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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 Judge Date of Decisionsort descending
In re James Earenfight Travis 90-10094 Hoyt 04/05/1991
In re James Earenfight Travis 90-10094 Hoyt 04/05/1991
In re Mc Daniel Enterprises, Inc. 88-10199 Hoyt 04/09/1991
In re Wilfred Reinbold 87-10311 Hoyt 04/15/1991
In re Minn Kota Farm Agency, Inc. 90-10107 Hoyt 04/23/1991
In re Gerald Jerome Voelker and Antoinette Voelker 86-40428 Hoyt 06/06/1991
In re Donald E. Schmidt and Helen M. Schmidt 87-10033 Hoyt 06/11/1991
In re Edward W. Carr and Wilma Carr dba Carr Farms, Inc. 91-30030 Hoyt 06/14/1991
In re Edward W. Carr and Wilma Carr dba Carr Farms, Inc. 87-40067 Hoyt 06/14/1991
In re Wilfred Reinbold 87-10311 Hoyt 07/19/1991
In re Donald S. Reed and Sharon M. Reed 87-10312 Hoyt 08/07/1991
In re L.D. Alderson 89-50106 Hoyt 08/27/1991
In re Willis R. Gerth 91-10002 Hoyt 10/25/1991
In re Orville E. Habeck and Louise M. Habeck 91-10113 Hoyt 11/13/1991
In re Bellman Farms, Incorporated 84-30017 Hoyt 12/31/1991
In re Marvin F. Olson and Beverly E. Olson 91-30025 Hoyt 02/10/1992
In re Coones Ranch, Inc. 91-40183 Hoyt 03/06/1992
In re Lake Region Development, Incorporated and Marshal Manor, Inc. 91-10111 Hoyt 03/20/1992
In re Mitchel E. Morris 91-50242 Hoyt 03/24/1992
Minn-Kota Farm Agency, Inc. v. Home Federal Savings & Loan 91-1001 Hoyt 03/27/1992
In re Vernon E. Ivers and Marilyn K. Ivers 91-50191 Hoyt 06/12/1992
In re Ronald Marion and Karla Kay Walgamuth 91-50270 Hoyt 07/01/1992
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 Ronald Marion and Karla Kay Walgamuth 91-5018 Hoyt 09/08/1992
In re William Clarence Utne 91-10189 Hoyt 10/05/1992
In re Vernell E. Smith and Carol J. Smith 87-30110 Hoyt 10/05/1992
In re Michael E. Cummings and Diane L. Cummings 92-3002 Hoyt 11/03/1992
In re Michael E. Cummings and Diane L. Cummings 92-3002 Hoyt 11/03/1992
In re Sarah Anthony Wax 91-30086 Hoyt 11/05/1992
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 Ellis Brothers and Dorothy Faye Ellis 87-30059 Hoyt 01/26/1993
Golden Hills Resort, Inc. v. Homestake Mining Company (In re Golden Hills Resort, Inc.) 92-5012 Hoyt 03/05/1993
In re Black Hills Greyhound Racing Association 91-50224 Hoyt 03/25/1993
In re Jackalyn R. Anderson 92-50273 Hoyt 04/23/1993
In re J. Howard Harrison and Darlene F. Harrison 87-50250 Hoyt 05/21/1993
In re Bruno, Inc. 92-50206 Hoyt 08/12/1993
In re John Edward Henning and Marilyn Joyce Henning 88-10212 Hoyt 08/16/1993
In re Willis Ferris Yost and Iona Mae Yost 92-30036 Hoyt 08/20/1993
In re Jeffrey P. Schultz 91-50290 Hoyt 09/16/1993
In re Bruno, Inc. 92-50206 Hoyt 10/18/1993
In re Randall R. Roberts v. Bill Summers Motors, Inc. (In re Roberts) 93-5010 Hoyt 10/27/1993
In re James Floyd Anderson and Dorothy Joyce Anderson 86-30044 Hoyt 11/19/1993
In re Arthur Adolph Berger and Cheryl Jean Berger 87-10289 Hoyt 01/07/1994
In re Lake Region Development, Incorporated 93-10192 Hoyt 01/26/1994
In re Desmond V. Van Zee and Patricia E. Van Zee 87-30128 Hoyt 02/11/1994
In re Steen's Feeds, Inc. 91-50339 Hoyt 02/22/1994
In re Patrick Chris Harter 92-30070 Hoyt 03/24/1994
In re Edwin Robert Bunke 93-10166 Hoyt 04/11/1994
In re Junior Sebastian Hammrich and Joyce Marie Hammrich 87-10032 Hoyt 05/11/1994
In re Glen J. Brinkman and Susan Mary Brinkman 93-30040 Hoyt 06/20/1994
Mary McCusker and Virginia Carlson v. Edward H. Tubbs, Jr. (In re Tubbs) 94-5001 Hoyt 06/20/1994
In re Milton Phillip Hoffman and Joel Allen Hoffman and Sheila Diane Hoffman, 87-10274 Hoyt 07/08/1994
Anna Jean Dean v. Tennessee Student Assistant Corp., Sallie Mae Loan Servicing Center, and Collection Technology, Inc. (In re Michael Eugene Dean and Anna Jean Dean) 93-5017 Hoyt 07/28/1994
In re Edwin Robert Bunke 93-10166 Hoyt 09/01/1994
Leroy Oleson v. Richard R. Olson (In re Olson) 93-5018 Hoyt 10/20/1994
In re Milton Phillip Hoffman and Joel Allen Hoffman and Sheila Diane Hoffman, 87-10275 Hoyt 12/16/1994
In re Junior Sebastian Hammrich and Joyce Marie Hammrich 87-10032 Hoyt 12/27/1994
In re Thomas Carroll Tracy and Thomas C. Tracy, Inc. 94-10100 Hoyt 01/10/1995
In re Herbert Warren Allen, III and Donna Mae Allen 87-10052 Hoyt 01/13/1995
In re Ronald Owen Torgerson and Charlene Rae Torgerson 94-10095 Hoyt 02/27/1995
In re Dewain Franklin "Buzzy" Waletich and Joan Marie Waletich 94-10050 Hoyt 03/03/1995
In re Timothy J. Kappenman and Debbie L. Kappenman 94-10105 Hoyt 03/09/1995
In re Norman Eugene French 91-40108 Hoyt 03/24/1995
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 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
In re Charles Gerard Dwyer 94-50152 Hoyt 04/12/1995
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Daniel Bruce Ecker and Suzann Elizabeth Ecker (In re Ecker) 94-3008 Hoyt 05/03/1995
Mitchel E. Morris v. USA Acting through Internal Revenue (In re Morris) 91-5010 Hoyt 05/03/1995
In re Harvey G. Fridrich and Adeline L. Fridrich 94-40247 Hoyt 05/05/1995
In re Doreen A. Graff 94-40382 Hoyt 05/22/1995
In re Joanne Heikes 93-40002 Hoyt 05/30/1995
In re RKF Truck Lines Limited 92-40226 Hoyt 06/07/1995
In re Gerald L. Fitzgerald and Geraldine Fitzgerald 94-40472 Hoyt 06/09/1995
In re Benjamin Stanley Kaiser dba Ben's Custom Wood and Cabinetry 95-50063 Hoyt 06/19/1995
In re Clifford Buxcel and Elaine Buxcel 94-30036 Hoyt 06/19/1995
In re Neuhauser Ranch, Inc. 87-50123 Hoyt 06/20/1995
In re Broken Bow Ranch, Inc. 87-30137 Hoyt 06/26/1995
In re Rose Ranch Operating Partnership 90-30016 Hoyt 07/21/1995
In re Rose Ranch Operating Partnership 90-30016 Hoyt 07/21/1995
Smith v. U.S.A., Farmers Home Administration (In re Wilbur John Smith and Betty Jean Smith) 94-3010 Hoyt 07/24/1995
In re Lori Ann Hageman 95-40211 Hoyt 07/25/1995
In re Richard H. Tiede and Doris K. Tiede 95-40038 Hoyt 08/09/1995
In re James W. Eagle and Patricia L. Eagle 92-30072 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 08/10/1995
In re Tommy O. Rice and Diane Ellen Rice 93-40057 Hoyt 08/14/1995
In re Alfred L. Buchholz and Josephine M. Buchholz 94-40526 Hoyt 08/15/1995
Don Tarrant v. Darwin Harvey Kurtz (In re Kurtz) 95-4017 Hoyt 09/09/1995
Gerald Lee Hardy v. Warren Arthur Blake and Patricia K. Blake (In re Blake) 95-5009 Hoyt 10/26/1995
In re Charles J. Krall and Carmela M. Krall 91-40225 Hoyt 10/27/1995
In re Herbert W. Allen and Donna Mae Allen 87-10052 Hoyt 10/30/1995
In re Francis D. Laffey 93-40570 Hoyt 10/30/1995
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 Tommy O. Rice and Diane Ellen Rice 93-40057 Hoyt 12/18/1995
In re Neuhauser Ranch, Inc. 87-50123 Hoyt 12/19/1995
In re Melvin L. Patton and Sylvia P. Patton 95-40169 Hoyt 12/20/1995
In re Loren E. Volberding 95-40368 Hoyt 12/20/1995
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
Smith v. U.S.A., Farmers Home Administration (In re Wilbur John Smith and Betty Jean Smith) 94-3010 Hoyt 12/22/1995
In re John A. Wingert 95-40479 Hoyt 01/26/1996
In re Britt E. Williams 95-30031 Hoyt 01/29/1996

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