The Debtor filed an application to employ special counsel on March 4, 2020, which served as the effective date of employment, but special counsel had already performed the bulk of its compensable services prior to that date.
After selling his business to
Evapco, Mr. Peterson continued to work for Evapco subject to a non-compete
agreement. Despite this, Mr. Peterson
formed other entities which Evapco asserted violated such agreement and
defrauded Evapco. Evapco brought suit in
Maryland, with the court there entering a default judgment as a sanction against
Mr.
The Randles fell behind on their car payments and Saga Auto Sales repossessed the Randles’ 2011 Cadillac Escalade. Upon payment of $2,100, Saga returned the vehicle on December 2, 2017. With their next payment due on December 9, 2017, the Randles filed Chapter 13 on December 8, 2017. Saga again repossessed the vehicle on December 10, 2018, also taking possession of Ms.
On remand from the 4th Circuit, where Jason McDonald and MDC first raised the issue of subject matter jurisdiction, the bankruptcy court held that the actual debtor in this case held an ownership interest in MDC, such was, even under the broad “related to” jurisdiction, insufficient to allow the bankruptcy court to determine what assets were owned by that corporate entity. Otherwise:
Under such an expansive interpretation of “related to” jurisdiction, if a debtor owned a single share of a corporation
