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Wiener Weiss & Madison A Professional Corp et al v. Fox

MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment on the Applicability of Louisiana Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5

12 Cited authorities

  1. Ankenbrandt v. Richards

    504 U.S. 689 (1992)   Cited 1,857 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that divorce, alimony, and child custody decrees fall under "domestic relations exception" to federal courts' subject matter jurisdiction

  2. In re Burrus

    136 U.S. 586 (1890)   Cited 766 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[t]he whole subject of the domestic relations of husband and wife, parent and child, belongs to the laws of the States and not to the laws of the United States."

  3. Succession of Cloud

    530 So. 2d 1146 (La. 1988)   Cited 45 times

    No. 87-C-1619. September 12, 1988. Rehearing Denied October 20, 1988. APPEAL FROM SECOND JUDICIAL COURT, PARISH OF JACKSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE ROBERT Y. BUTLER, J. Steven Crews, Watson, Murchison, Crews, Arthur Corkern, Natchitoches, for applicant. John Blake, Dist. Atty., Martin Sanders, Jr., Sanders Sanders, Winnfield, for respondent. LEMMON, Justice. This litigation began as an action by four of the five children of Noah Cloud to set aside as a simulation the purported cash sale of

  4. Teel v. Teel (In re Teel)

    34 B.R. 762 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 1983)   Cited 38 times

    BAP No. NC 82-1450 EVAs. Bankruptcy No. 1-81-01238. Adv. No. 1-82-0459. Argued May 20, 1983. Decided October 27, 1983. John G. Warner, Corte Madera, Cal., for appellant. Irving J. Kornfield, Oakland, Cal., for appellees. Before ELLIOTT, VOLINN and ASHLAND, Bankruptcy Judges. MEMORANDUM This is an appeal from an order granting relief from stay to pursue a marital dissolution action in the state court, but reserving jurisdiction over community property. Appellant, the debtor's spouse, contends that

  5. In re Provenza

    316 B.R. 177 (Bankr. E.D. La. 2003)   Cited 12 times

    Bankruptcy No. 00-11830, Adversary No. 02-1030. July 24, 2003. Jerry Jackson Stamps, Teresa Lynn Witt-Stamps, Slidell, LA, for Louis J. Provenza, Debtor. Alicia Bendana, Mark S. Goldstein, New Orleans, LA, for Louanne Friend. MEMORANDUM OPINION JERRY A. BROWN, Bankruptcy Judge. This proceeding comes before the court on the debtor Dr. Louis J. Provenza's objection to the claims filed by his ex spouse Louanne Friend, and Ms. Friend's complaint objecting to the Chapter 7 discharge of the debtor's indebtedness

  6. Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 329,861 times   158 Legal Analyses
    Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

  7. Section 362 - Automatic stay

    11 U.S.C. § 362   Cited 29,517 times   175 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that cause exists to lift the stay because no bankruptcy purpose would be served by keeping the stay in place

  8. Rule 10 - Form of Pleadings

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 10   Cited 19,667 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding exhibits attached to complaint may be treated as part of complaint for purposes of ruling on 12(b) motion

  9. Section 541 - Property of the estate

    11 U.S.C. § 541   Cited 14,401 times   74 Legal Analyses
    Defining the bankruptcy estate to include "all legal or equitable interests of the debtor in property as of the commencement of the [bankruptcy] case"

  10. Section 1746 - Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury

    28 U.S.C. § 1746   Cited 10,095 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Permitting the use of declarations instead

  11. Section 363 - Use, sale, or lease of property

    11 U.S.C. § 363   Cited 7,098 times   160 Legal Analyses
    Granting trustee authority, after notice and hearing, to sell property of estate

  12. Section 1107 - Rights, powers, and duties of debtor in possession

    11 U.S.C. § 1107   Cited 3,218 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Granting to a debtor-in possession "all the rights . . . of a trustee serving in a case under this chapter"