Case Law Index
Agricultural Bankruptcy
January 1, 2002 - April 15, 2008
This index provides a comprehensive though not necessarily exhaustive compilation of reported and unreported federal and state court decisions involving agricultural bankruptcy that were decided on or after January 1, 2002. For those cases that have been summarized by the National Agricultural Law Center, a link is provided to the summary. The index will be regularly updated to reflect new judicial developments. The cases are listed in reverse chronological order.
SUPREME COURT
Marrama v. Citizens Bank, 127 S. Ct. 1105 (2007) (bad faith debtor does not have absolute power to convert)
Till v. SCS Corp., 541 U.S. 456 (2004) (use formula approach to determine cramdown interest rate)
SECOND CIRCUIT
Riendeau v. Canney (In re Riendeau), 336 F.3d 78 (2d Cir. 2003) (dairy farmer's payments not exempted under federal garnishment law)
FIFTH CIRCUIT
Burgess v. Sikes (In re Burgess), 438 F.3d 493 (5th Cir. 2006) (crop disaster relief payments, property of the estate)
Perry v. Dearing (In re Perry), 345 F.3d 303 (5th Cir. 2003) (rural homestead exemption)
McCloy v. Silverthorne (In re McCloy), 296 F.3d 370 (5th Cir. 2002) (farmer status is a waiveable affirmative defense)
SIXTH CIRCUIT
Hart v. Logan (In re Hart), 2005 Bankr. LEXIS 1187 (B.A.P. 6th Cir. 2005) (core and non-core proceedings, subject matter jurisdiction)
Monsanto Co. v. Trantham (In re Trantham), 304 B.R. 298 (B.A.P. 6th Cir. 2004) (pre-petition patent infringement judgment dischargeable)
Grooms v. W/C Millings, Co. (In re Grooms), 64 Fed. Appx. 922 (6th Cir. 2003) (ch.12 debtors not entitled to hardship discharge)
Robinson v. Champaign Landmark, Inc. (In re Robinson), 326 F.3d 767 (6th Cir. 2003) (debtor's attempt to revoke arbitration award denied)
Deere Credit Servs. v. Tenn. Dep't of Agric. (In re Hollingshead), 286 B.R. 622 (B.A.P. 6th Cir. 2002) (State department of agriculture's lien found to be junior to other creditors' liens)
SEVENTH CIRCUIT
Dye v. U.S., Farm Servs. Agency (In re Dye), 360 F.3d 744 (7th Cir. 2004) (case dismissed because debtor conveyed farm to FSA in lieu of foreclosure pre-petition)
EIGHTH CIRCUIT
Rice v. Dunbar (In re Rice), 357 B.R. 514 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. 2006) (feasibility test and best-interests-of-the-creditors test)
Dixon v. LaBarge (In re Dixon), 338 B.R. 383 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. 2006) (farmer failed to meet exigent circumstances requirement to warrant waiver of prepetition credit counseling)
U.S. Bank N.A. v. Young (In re Young), 336 B.R. 775 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. 2006), aff'd, 207 Fed. Appx. 735 (8th Cir. 2006) (waiving the farmer defense)
In re Marlar, 432 F.3d 813 (8th Cir. 2005) (farmer defense waived by failing to raise it)
United States v. Ryder, 414 F.3d 908 (8th Cir. 2005) (bankruptcy fraud)
Coop. Supply, Inc. v. Corn-Pro Nonstock Coop. Inc. (In re Corn-Pro Nonstock Coop., Inc.), 318 B.R. 153 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. 2004) (non-stock cooperative considered farmer)
Michels v. Maynard Sav. Bank. (In re Michels), 305 B.R. 868 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. 2004) (denial of confirmation and request for additional time for filing constitutes grounds for dismissal)
JaCKS Farm Custom Forage Harvesting, L.L.C. v. Anderson (In re Anderson), 305 B.R. 861 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. 2004) (judgment lien)
Union Planters Bank, N.A. v. Burns (In re Gaylord Grain L.L.C.), 306 B.R. 624 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. 2004) (avoiding improperly perfected lien)
American Plant Food Corp. v. United Agri. Prods. (In re Farmland Indus.), 289 B.R. 122 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. 2003) (party with right of first refusal must receive notice of sale)
Peoples' State Bank v. Stenzel (In re Stenzel), 301 F.3d 945 (8th Cir. 2002) (homestead exemption case remanded)
FarmPro Servs. v. Brown (In re Brown), 273 B.R. 194 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. 2002) (B.A.P. lacks jurisdiction to hear case)
Drewes v. Vote (In re Vote), 276 F.3d 1024 (8th Cir. 2002) (debtor-farmer allowed to retain disaster payments)
NINTH CIRCUIT
In re Lopez, 350 B.R. 868 (Bankr. D. Cal. 2006), aff'd, 372 B.R. 40 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2007) (direct payments and avoidance of trustee fees)
Moncur v. Agricredit Acceptance Co. (In re Moncur), 328 B.R. 183 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2005) (nondischargeability)
Croston v. Davis (In re Croston), 313 B.R. 447 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2004) (conversion to ch.7)
Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, N.A. v. Yett (In re Yett), 306 B.R. 287 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2004) (cramdown and plan confirmation)
Thiara v. Spycher Bros. (In re Thiara), 285 B.R. 420 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2002) (conversion of crop insurance proceeds)
Atalanta Corp. v. Allen (In re Allen), 300 F.3d 1055 (9th Cir. 2002) (parties' stipulation not required in reorganization plan)
TENTH CIRCUIT
Shelby v. Farmers & Merchants Bank (In re Schoenhals), 2005 Bankr. LEXIS 15 (B.A.P. 10th Cir. 2005) (creditor's lien extinguished by creditor voluntarily relinquishing possession of tractor)
Laufenberg v. Laufenberg (In re Laufenberg), 2004 Bankr. LEXIS 1826 (B.A.P. 10th Cir. 2004) (codebtors, relief from automatic stay, marshaling)
Campbell v. Bonney (In re Campbell), 313 B.R. 871 (B.A.P. 10th Cir. 2004) (expiration of ch.12, conversion from ch.13 to ch.12)
United States v. Meyers (In re Meyers), 362 F.3d 667 (10th Cir. 2004) (setoff of production flexibility contract, commodity credit corporation)
Lampe v. Williams (In re Lampe), 331 F.3d 750 (10th Cir. 2003) (court affirmed tools of trade exemption for wife)
Miller v. United States Tr. (In re Miller), 288 B.R. 879 (B.A.P. 10th Cir. 2003) (reduction in attorney's hourly rate upheld)
Lampe v. Iola Bank & Trust (In re Lampe), 278 B.R. 205 (B.A.P. 10th Cir. 2002) (husband and wife farmers both allowed tools of trade exemption)
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
Bracewell v. Kelley (In re Bracewell), 322 B.R. 698 (D. Ga. 2005), aff'd, In re Bracewell, 454 F.3d 1234 (11th Cir. 2006) (crop disaster payments enacted post-petition not property of the estate)
ARIZONA
In re Hall, 376 B.R. 741 (Bankr. D. Ariz. 2007) (priority status of capital gains tax arising from the post-petition sale of farm land)
In re Renteria, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 252 (Bankr. D. Ariz. 2007) (conversion to another chapter and application of the homestead exemption)
ARKANSAS
Bank of McCrory v. Morrison (In re James), 368 B.R. 800 (Bankr. E.D. Ark. 2007) (landlords' lien and partnerships)
In re Curtis, 363 B.R. 572 (Bankr. E.D. Ark. 2007) (partnerships and sufficient rights to collateral)
In re Torelli, 338 B.R. 390 (Bankr. E.D. Ark. 2006) (feasibility test)
First Nat'l Bank v. Owens (In re Owens), 322 B.R. 411 (Bankr. E.D. Ark. 2005) (dischargeability of debt, intent to deceive)
In re Stevens, 307 B.R. 124 (Bankr. E.D. Ark. 2004) (security interest in government farm payment and perfection)
CALIFORNIA
In re Manaland, 360 B.R. 288 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 2007) (credit counseling, waiver of farmer status)
In re Gibson, 355 B.R. 807 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 2006) (Ch. 12 eligibility and bad faith filings)
In re Lopez, 350 B.R. 868 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 2006) (direct payments and avoidance of trustee's fees)
FLORIDA
Johnson v. Greene (In re Greene), 340 B.R.93 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2006) (concealing cattle and maintaining accurate records)
In re Reams, 2005 Bankr. LEXIS 2122 (Bankr. N.D. Fla. 2005) (sanctions against the government for delay)
GEORGIA
In re Saunders, 377 B.R. 772 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. 2007) (farm-related debt and qualifying for Ch.12 relief)
In re McKinnon, 378 B.R. 405 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. 2007) (good faith filing)
In re Parten, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 921 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. 2007) (effect of filing new case on automatic stay following an unsuccessful case)
In re Alexander, 329 B.R. 919 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. 2005) (insurance policies, mortgage clauses)
Pinnacle Bank, N.A. v. Brown (In re Brown), 329 B.R. 915 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. 2005) (proceeds of production contract deemed property of the estate)
In re Jackson, 321 B.R. 94 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. 2005) (attorney general is prohibited from setting a trustees' fee that exceeds 10% of payments made under the ch.12 plan)
Kelley v. Bracewell (In re Bracewell), 310 B.R. 472 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. 2004) (disaster payments), aff'd in part rev'd in part, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5799 (Bankr. M. D. Ga. 2005)
Bennett v. Wright (In re Wright), 282 B.R. 510 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. 2002) (farmer failed to remit proceeds but still received discharge)
IDAHO
In re Wiebe, 353 B.R. 906 (Bankr. D. Idaho 2006) (deeds of trust and termination of the automatic stay)
In re Jayo, 2006 Bankr. LEXIS 1996 (Bankr. D. Idaho 2006) (definition of farmer and farming operation, conversion)
In re Astle, 338 B.R. 855 (Bankr. D. Idaho 2006) (adequate assurance)
In re Field, 2005 Bankr. LEXIS 3039 (Bankr. D. Idaho 2005), confirmation denied by, 2005 Bankr. LEXIS 2343 (Bankr. D. Idaho 2005) (judicial estoppel and valuation)
In re Ball, 2004 Bankr. LEXIS 2501 (Bankr. D. Idaho 2004) (employing professional persons requires court approval)
In re Nelson, 291 B.R. 861 (Bankr. D. Idaho 2003) (debtors not engaged in farming operation at confirmation still eligible for ch.12)
In re Stallings, 290 B.R. 777 (Bankr. D. Idaho 2003) (disaster payment not part of the bankruptcy estate)
ILLINOIS
In re Haarmann, 2008 Bankr. LEXIS 1041 (Bankr. S.D. Ill. 2008) (all disputed non-contingent debt is included in the ch.12 eligibility calculation)
1st Farm Credit Servs., PCA v. Phillips (In re Phillips), 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 3942 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. 2007) (purchase money security interest)
In re Brooks, 370 B.R. 194 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. 2007) (absolute bar to filing proofs of claim 90 days after Ch.12 petition is filed)
In re Buehne Farms Inc., 321 B.R. 239 (Bankr. S.D. Ill. 2005) (financing statements, disguised security agreements)
In re Six, 2004 Bankr. LEXIS 227 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. 2004) (assuming oral crop share lease)
Lincoln Land FS, Inc. v. Bennett (In re Bennett), 293 B.R. 760 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. 2003) (debtor lacked intent to harm lender)
Lincoln Land FS, Inc. v. Mau (In re Mau), 293 B.R. 919 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. 2003) (discharge)
In re Hunt, 293 B.R. 191 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. 2003) (debtor's confirmed plan vacated)
In re Swanson, 289 B.R. 372 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. 2003) (cash rent not income from farming operation)
INDIANA
In re Kalwitz, 2005 Bankr. LEXIS 1832 (Bankr. N.D. Ind. 2005) (unreasonable delay)
In re Bell, 304 B.R. 878 (Bankr. N.D. Ind. 2003) (replacement value of farmland should be akin to fair market value)
IOWA
In re Timmerman, 379 B.R. 838 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2007) (credit counseling), motion dismissed by, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 4382 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2007) (executory contracts and administrative priorities)
In re Vantiger-Witte, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 3750 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2007) (conversion of Ch.12 filing to a chapter other than Ch.7)
In re Timmerman, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 1518 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2007) (disinterested trustee)
In re Knudsen, 356 B.R. 480 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2006) (priority status of income taxes from post-petition sale of farm assets)
In re Vantiger-Witte, 354 B.R. 862 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2006) (priority of creditors' mortgages)
In re Hogrefe, 2005 Bankr. LEXIS 952 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2005) (tools of the trade exemption)
Land O'Lakes Farmland Feed LLC v. Gehl (In re Gehl), 325 B.R. 269 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2005) (intent to defraud, willful and malicious conduct)
Internal Revenue Service v. Peterson (In re Petersen), 312 B.R. 385 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2004) (homestead, good faith filing)
In re Michels, 2004 Bankr. LEXIS 1016 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2004) (failure to exercise reasonable billing judgment)
In re Richards, 2004 Bankr. LEXIS 388 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2004) (feasibility test, treatment of secured claims) Wilson v. Sergeant (In re Wilson), 305 B.R. 4 (N.D. Iowa 2004) (farm program payments exempt as a public assistance benefit)
In re Nilges, 301 B.R. 321 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2003) (post-confirmation attorney's fees denied)
In re Lund, 2003 Bankr. LEXIS 774 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2003) (debtor allowed to avoid security interest in machinery, equipment, and tools)
In re Stumbo, 301 B.R. 34 (Bankr. S.D. Iowa 2002) (ch.12 debtor not permitted to convert to ch.11)
Schellhorn v. Farmers Sav. Bank (In re Schellhorn), 280 B.R. 847 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2002) (creditor bound by confirmed ch.12 plan)
KANSAS
In re Dawes, 2008 Bankr. LEXIS 670 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2008) (income test of family farmer definition)
In re Dawes, 382 B.R. 509 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2008) (treatment of taxes from post-petition sale of real estate and farm assets)
In re Campbell Sod, Inc., 378 B.R. 647 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2007) (adequate protection and post-petition credit)
In re Bergman, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 3047 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2007) (right to setoff)
In re Durler, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 395 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2007) (modification of confirmed plan to alter distribution to creditor)
In re Hubbard, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 213 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2007) (tax collection under Ch.12 plan)
In re Torline, 357 B.R. 856 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2006) (secured claims, plan confirmation, and divorce)
In re Klaassen, 2005 Bankr. LEXIS 1958 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2005) (set off, cooperatives)
AG Acceptance Corp. v. Kirby (In re Kirby), 2005 Bankr. LEXIS 1475 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2005) (discharge prevention)
In re Swanson, 343 B.R. 678 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2006) (dischargeability of tax debts and service of process)
In re Anderson, 2005 Bankr. LEXIS 56 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2005) (modification of ch.12 plan by creditor's acts)
In re Thompson, 311 B.R. 822 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2004) (tools of trade exemption)
In re Laufenburg, 2004 Bankr. LEXIS 1428 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2004) (automatic stay did not apply due to waiver of future lease rights), aff'd, 2004 Bankr. LEXIS 1826 (B.A.P. 10th Cir. 2004)
First Nat'l Bank of Spearville v. Klenke (In re Klenke), 2004 Bankr. LEXIS 1434 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2004) (post-petition Market Loss Assistance Program payment not subject to security interest)
In re Clark, 288 B.R. 237 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2003) (post-confirmation conversion of land to CRP does not violate ch.12 eligibility)
In re Stout, 284 B.R. 511 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2002) (pre-revised article 9 security agreement not effective)
In re Kieffer, 279 B.R. 290 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2002) (wife entitled to tools of trade exemption)
Farmers State Bank v. Diel (In re Diel), 277 B.R. 778 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2002) (debt excepted from bankruptcy due to debtor's false claims)
LOUISIANA
Regions Bank v. Mills, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53045 (W.D. La. 2006) (code provision severed creditor's post-petition security interest in proceeds of crops)
MASSACHUSETTS
In re Pina, 363 B.R. 314 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2007) (constructive trusts, bona fide purchaser)
MICHIGAN
In re Brown, 375 B.R. 362 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2007) (second opportunity to object to exemptions already claimed by the debtor in a previous Chapter 12 case)
Bogedain v. Eisen, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59926 (E.D. Mich. 2006) (exigent circumstances waiver for pre-petition credit counseling)
In re Bli, 309 B.R. 295 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2004) (joint venture farming satisfies definition of farmer)
MINNESOTA
In re Kowalzyk, 2006 Bankr. LEXIS 2806 (Bankr. D. Minn. 2006) (Ch.12 plan feasibility)
MISSISSIPPI
Planters Bank & Trust Co. v. Ellis (In re Ellis), 2006 Bankr. LEXIS 3965 (Bankr. N.D. Miss. 2006) (cash collateral, equity or necessary for effective reorganization)
MISSOURI
In re Smith, 2008 Bankr. LEXIS 183 (Bankr. W.D. Mo. 2008) (reasonable attorneys' fees)
In re Tou Houa Thao, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 2003 (Bankr. W.D. Mo. 2007) (judicial and equitable estoppel)
In re Gray, 303 B.R. 632 (Bankr. W.D. Mo. 2003) (horses and heifers considered tools of the trade)
MONTANA
In re Wilson, 378 B.R. 862 (Bankr. D. Mont. 2007) (retaining liens and adequate protection)
NEBRASKA
In re Fischer, 2008 Bankr. LEXIS 581 (Bankr. D. Neb. 2008) (sale of collateral and adequate protection)
In re Meyers, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 895 (Bankr. D. Neb. 2007) (foreclosure proceedings and res judicata)
First Nat'l Bank v. Jueden (In re Jueden), 2006 Bankr. LEXIS 2826 (Bankr. D. Neb. 2006) (willful and malicious conduct, diverted proceeds)
In re Sandhills Cattle Feeding Company, Inc., 2006 Bankr. LEXIS 2538 (Bankr. D. Neb. 2006) (bad faith filing)
NEW MEXICO
In re Zamora, 2008 Bankr. LEXIS 859 (Bankr. D.N.M. 2008) (modification due to substantial and unanticipated change in post-confirmation financial condition)
NEW YORK
Baillie Lumber Co., L.P. v. Stith (In re Stith Farms), 2008 Bankr. LEXIS 961 (Bankr. N.D.N.Y. 2008) (debtor estopped from claiming the debt owed was nondischargeable)
Heyer v. Conesus Milk Producers Coop. Ass'n (In re Clayson), 341 B.R. 137 (Bankr. W.D.N.Y. 2006) (perfection of lien, preferential payment)
Zink v. Vanmiddlesworth, 300 B.R. 394 (N.D.N.Y. 2003) (creditor's motion for adequate protection denied)
In re Maynard, 295 B.R. 437 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2003) (farmer's rental income does not affect status as family farmer)
NORTH CAROLINA
Brown v. Ginn, 181 N.C. App. 563 (N.C. Ct. App. 2007) (federal tobacco crop allotments, antenuptial agreements, and federal preemption of state law)
In re Hughes, 2006 Bankr. LEXIS 2288 (Bankr. M.D.N.C. 2006) (organic farmer's projected farm income outside the realm of feasibility, plan confirmation)
In re Evans, 337 B.R. 551 (Bankr. E.D.N.C. 2005) (debtor's tobacco transition payments for previous year's risk of production part of bankruptcy estate)
NORTH DAKOTA
In re Huckell, 2006 Bankr. LEXIS 4033 (Bankr. D.N.D. 2006) (surrender of property, cram-down, essentials for plan confirmation)
Farmpro Servs. v. Brown, 276 B.R. 620 (D.N.D. 2002) (disaster payments found to be property of the estate)
OHIO
Jarvis v. Wells Fargo Fin. (In re Jarvis), 310 B.R. 330 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2004) (farm building designated as personal property)
OKLAHOMA
In re Brown, 371 B.R. 486 (Bankr. N.D. Okla. 2007) (disgorgement of attorney's fees)
In re Hermesch Entities I, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 900 (Bankr. E.D. Okla. 2007) (debtor should be given benefit of doubt regarding plan projections and feasibility)
In re Brown, 354 B.R. 535 (Bankr. N.D. Okla. 2006) (court must approve professional fees to be paid to counsel for ch.12 debtor)
Southwest State Bank v. Ellis (In re Ellis), 310 B.R. 762 (Bankr. W.D. Okla. 2004) (mortgages do not create security interest in growing crops)
Stidham v. Southwest Nat'l Bank of Weatherford (In re Stidham), 292 B.R. 204 (Bankr. W.D. Okla. 2003) (post-discharge secured debt excepted from discharge)
OREGON
In re Fleishman, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 2312 (Bankr. D. Or. 2007), corrected by, 372 B.R. 64 (Bankr. D. Or. 2007) (best-interests-of-the-creditors test)
In re Osborne, 323 B.R. 489 (Bankr. D. Or. 2005) (eligibility for Ch.12 relief, definition of farming operation)
PENNSYLVANIA
United States Dep't of Agric. v. Huff (In re Huff), 343 B.R. 136 (W.D. Pa. 2006) (debtor received proper notice of offset by USDA)
SOUTH DAKOTA
United States v. Hump (In re Hump), 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 2230 (Bankr. D.S.D. 2007) (equitable liens)
TENNESSEE
In re Buchanan, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50968 (M.D. Tenn. 2006) (definition of farming operation)
Monsanto Co. v. Wood (In re Wood), 309 B.R. 745 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 2004) (cottonseed patent infringement, attorney's fees and expenses exempted from discharge)
South Delta Props, LLC v. First State Bank (In re Parks Planting Co.), 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13479 (W.D. Tenn. 2002) (article 9 security interest has priority over landlord's privilege)
TEXAS
Graham v. Kleb, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6495 (S.D. Tex. 2008) (homestead exemption)
In re Quillian, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 3677 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2007) (qualifying for ch.12 relief)
In re Goldstar Emergency Med. Servs., Inc., 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 244 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2007) (jurisdiction retained post-dismissal)
In re Henderson, 352 B.R. 439 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2006) (modification of automatic stay, dischargeability)
In re Fonke, 310 B.R. 809 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2004) (effect of farmer status on involuntary conversion)
Bowen v. Lee Lexis Const. Inc. (In re Bowen), 2004 Bankr. LEXIS 356 (Bankr. N. D. Tex. 2004) (strong-arm powers)
In re Baker, 307 B.R. 860 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2003) (objection to debtor's claim of exempt rural homestead property held in CRP denied)
In re Gibson, 308 B.R. 763 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 2002) (debtor's pre-petition right to loan deficiency payments may be setoff)
UTAH
In re Sorrell, 286 B.R. 798 (Bankr. D. Utah 2002) (funding for plan not required to come from farming operations)
WASHINGTON
In re Smith Brothers Farms, 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 3266 (Bankr. E. D. Wash. 2007) (qualifying for ch.12 relief)
In re Douglas, 349 B.R. 836 (Bankr. E. D. Wash. 2006) (oversecured creditor of the debtors sought an allowance of its attorney's fees and costs)
WISCONSIN
Wiese v. Cmty. Bank of Cent. Wis., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78945 (W. D. Wis. 2007) (dismissal of bankruptcy case re-establishes pre-petition rights of parties)
In re Przybylski, 340 B.R. 624 (Bankr. E. D. Wis. 2006) (good faith and best-interests-of-the-creditors test)