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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 descending Date of Decision
First Bank of South Dakota v. Green Tree Financial Corp. (In re E. John Bruner and Eileen Bruner) 96-4049 Hoyt 03/18/1997
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 Stanley T. Cichonski and Lynne D. Cichonski 97-50170 Hoyt 09/23/1997
In re Florence M. Cole 94-30046 Hoyt 10/15/1997
In re Leonard Charles Conrad 97-40191 Hoyt 11/06/1997
In re Dakota Industries, Inc. 87-40209 Hoyt 04/28/1997
Trustee A. Thomas Pokela v. Dakotaland Federal Credit Union (In re Charles C. Dammann) 96-4027 Hoyt 01/09/1997
United States of America v. Dan E. Danielson (In re Danielson) 96-4007 Hoyt 02/04/1997
In re Roger L. Dice 96-30095 Hoyt 04/02/1997
In re Autumn A. Erickson 96-40398 Hoyt 03/28/1997
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
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 David R. Hamann and Peggy J. Hamann 97-10069 Hoyt 11/14/1997
Joanne Heikes v. Russell Heikes, Caitlin Collier, and A. Thomas Pokela (In re Joanne Heikes) 96-4037 Hoyt 01/31/1997
In re Margo J. Hoffman 96-4046 Hoyt 07/21/1997
Trustee John S. Lovald v. State Farm Insurance Companies (In re Dorothy Marie Jorgensen) 97-4029 Hoyt 09/18/1997
In re Louis Juttelstad and Eleanor R. Juttelstad 97-40409 Hoyt 11/12/1997
In re Kim M. Krueger 96-40587 Hoyt 09/05/1997
Western Surety Company v. Fritz R. Lamphere (In re Lamphere) 96-5015 Hoyt 03/12/1997
In re William C. Mellenberndt 97-40270 Hoyt 09/18/1997
In re Marjorie Alvina Schmidt 97-30009 Hoyt 08/01/1997
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Marjorie Alvina Schmidt (In re Schmidt) 97-3001 Hoyt 08/06/1997
Brian Seefeldt v. Carrie Jo Seefeldt (In re Carrie Jo Seefeldt) 96-1017 Hoyt 06/04/1997
Trustee Rick A. Yarnall v. First Premier Bank, N.A. (In re Craig Robert Smith) 96-4024 Hoyt 03/27/1997
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
In re Ronald J. Tesch and Kim A. Tesch 96-10115 Hoyt 01/28/1997
In re David J. Thyen and Tammy L. Thyen 97-10030 Hoyt 09/17/1997
In re Melvin D. Van Dentop 95-40644 Hoyt 03/07/1997
In re David Conrad Webb and Janice Lee Webb 96-40476 Hoyt 05/29/1997
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Fund v. David Conrad Webb (In re David Conrad Webb and Janice Lee Webb ) 96-4050 Hoyt 05/29/1997
In re James A. Anderson 93-10223 Hoyt 10/29/1996
In re Jeffrey W. Brown 94-40513 Hoyt 05/10/1996
In re Dakota Industries, Inc. 87-40209 Hoyt 11/08/1996
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
In re Double L.J. Farms 93-40213 Hoyt 08/19/1996
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 06/03/1996
In re John R. Harris 96-40507 Hoyt 11/14/1996
In re Dale G. Hermanson and Brenda L. Hermanson 95-40711 Hoyt 07/11/1996
In re Dickson Warren Jorgensen and Christine Marion Jorgensen 96-50173 Hoyt 10/01/1996
In re Claudette L. Joseph 96-40011 Hoyt 07/03/1996
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Farm Service Agency-Ag Credit (In re Kerry Lutter and Janet Lutter) 95-3011 Hoyt 04/26/1996
In re Oma Bronc May and Dale S. May 95-40397 Hoyt 03/22/1996
In re Neuhauser Ranch, Inc. 87-50123 Hoyt 06/06/1996
In re Leonard A. Rowley and Beverly A. Rowley 87-40157 Hoyt 07/29/1996
Trustee John S. Lovald v. Home Federal Savings & Loan (In re Mark Jacob Steinfurth and Susan Xuan Steinfurth) 96-4032 Hoyt 12/23/1996
In re Gary J. Stratmeyer 96-40354 Hoyt 12/02/1996
In re Joel L. Torigian and Diane J. Torigian 95-10202 Hoyt 07/05/1996
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
In re Wayne E. Wasilk and Marlys R. Wasilk 96-10070 Hoyt 10/16/1996
In re Britt E. Williams 95-30031 Hoyt 01/29/1996
In re John A. Wingert 95-40479 Hoyt 01/26/1996
In re Herbert Warren Allen, III and Donna Mae Allen 87-10052 Hoyt 01/13/1995
In re Herbert W. Allen and Donna Mae Allen 87-10052 Hoyt 10/30/1995
Gerald Lee Hardy v. Warren Arthur Blake and Patricia K. Blake (In re Blake) 95-5009 Hoyt 10/26/1995
In re Broken Bow Ranch, Inc. 87-30137 Hoyt 06/26/1995
In re Alfred L. Buchholz and Josephine M. Buchholz 94-40526 Hoyt 08/15/1995
In re Clifford Buxcel and Elaine Buxcel 94-30036 Hoyt 06/19/1995
In re Charles Gerard Dwyer 94-50152 Hoyt 04/12/1995
In re James W. Eagle and Patricia L. Eagle 92-30072 Hoyt 08/10/1995
Northern Hills Collections, Inc. v. Richard Claude McArthur (In re Richard Claude McArthur) 23-5002 Kulm Ask 08/29/2023
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
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
Accounts Management, Inc. v. Aaron A. Vasa (In re Aaron A. Vasa) 14-4008 Nail 11/19/2014
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 11/25/2014
In re Nicholas Charles Opdahl 14-40044 Nail 11/20/2014
In re Northern Beef Packers Limited Partnership 13-10118 Nail 04/10/2015
In re Joshua David Smith and Kasey Marie Smith 14-50213 Nail 02/19/2015
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 05/28/2015
In re Jodi Kay McGee 15-40093 Nail 10/06/2015
In re Jocelyn Faye Prang 15-50172 Nail 12/11/2015
William Dean Schmidt and Deborah Lynn Schmidt v. Rodney Ray Nelson (In re Rodney Ray Nelson) 16-5005 Nail 10/03/2016
Trice Lavonne Crump v. Cristina Ann McCoy (In re Trice Lavonne Crump) 15-4005 Nail 10/06/2016
In re Northern Beef Packers Limited Partnership 13-10118 Nail 01/05/2017
Daniel Vernon Roggenbuck, II and Robin Kay Roggenbuck v. Social Security Administration (In re Daniel Vernon Roggenbuck, II and Robin Kay Roggenbuck) 17-3001 Nail 07/24/2018
In re Brad Allen Stabler and Brenda Lee Stabler 03-10179 Nail 06/16/2016
In re James Edward Garrett and Sandra Ann Garrett 17-30033 Nail 01/24/2019
In re Levi Edward Garrett 17-30034 Nail 01/24/2019
Ace Oilfield Rentals, LLC v. Tucker Don Pankowski (In re Tucker Don Pankowski) 16-5008 Nail 02/07/2019
Ace Oilfield Rentals, LLC v. Douglas John Kerkvliet (In re Douglas John Kerkvliet) 16-5009 Nail 02/07/2019
In re Scott Conlon Rose and April Yvonne Rose 18-40528 Nail 06/11/2019
Ryan Bussiere v. Stephanie Bussiere (In re Stephanie Lynn Bussiere) 19-5002 Nail 06/21/2019
Lisa Marlin Winter v. Kevin Julian Winter (In re Kevin Julian Winter) 18-4008 Nail 05/14/2019
Robin Michele Bussiere v. The Board of Trustees of North Kansas City Hospital (In re Robin Michele Bussiere) 19-5004 Nail 04/14/2020
In re Penny Jean Bauman 18-40460 Nail 05/13/2020
In re Jodi Marie Stevenson 20-40167 Nail 05/20/2020
In re Brent G. Thompson and Carrie D. Thompson 20-40445 Nail 01/28/2021
In re U STOP PUMP & WASH, LLC 20-40448 Nail 02/11/2021
Trustee Forrest C. Allred v. Aloysius Arendt (In re Warren Boyd Dozier) 20-3006 Nail 05/26/2021
In re Brenon K. Farmer and Kristie Elizabeth Farmer 19-40378 Nail 07/08/2021
In re Bobbi Jo Quigley 21-40170 Nail 02/09/2022
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
In re Jeffrey Jon Ward 21-30028 Nail 04/28/2022
In re Scott Alan Hymans and Rena Michelle Hymans 21-50009 Nail 05/25/2022
In re T & R Service Company 21-40007 Nail 11/09/2021
In re Jeffrey Doyle Ofstad 21-50044 Nail 09/14/2021
Jeffrey Doyle Ofstad v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB (In re Jeffrey Doyle Ofstad) 21-5003 Nail 09/14/2021
In re Michael Malcolm Cooper 20-50019 Nail 08/17/2022
In re Casey Lou Menge 22-40043 Nail 09/23/2022
In re Ursula Ann Ward 22-50056 Nail 11/29/2022
In re Total Fire Protection, Inc. 22-40224 Nail 12/29/2022

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