Bailey, Frank J. (retired)

Opinions Summarized in Lawyers Weekly

• Bankruptcy – Equitable disallowance – Law firm
• Bankruptcy – Release – Settlement
• Bankruptcy – Issue preclusion – Judgment debts
• One-third of PI award excepted from bankruptcy discharge
• Bankruptcy – Commercial lease – Intentional interference
• Bankruptcy – Willful and malicious injury – Motorist
• Bankruptcy – Untimely objection – Excusable neglect
• Bankruptcy – Removal from possession – Chapter 11
• Bankruptcy – Mortgage – Untimely objection
• Judgment debt excepted from discharge
• Bankruptcy – False representations – Defalcation
• Bankruptcy – Mortgage – Arrears
• Bankruptcy – Judgment debt – Discharge
• Judge sets aside law firm’s lien against ex-client
• Bankruptcy – Choice of law – Statute of limitations
• Bankruptcy – False representations – Contractor
• Bankruptcy – Law of the case – Abandonment
• Bankruptcy – Contract – Forgery
• Bankruptcy – Homestead – Tenancy by the entirety
• Bankruptcy – Home improvement contractor
• Bankruptcy – Dismissal – Quarterly fees and reports
• Bankruptcy – Fraudulent transfer – Standing
• Bankruptcy – Unjust enrichment
• Bankruptcy – Insurance – Directors and officers
• Bankruptcy – Misrepresentation – Loans
• Bankruptcy – Sovereign immunity – Tribe
• Bankruptcy – Fraudulent transfers – Fiduciary duties
• Bankruptcy – Co-debtor stay – Non-consumer debts
• Bankruptcy – Res judicata – Eviction
• Bankruptcy – Administrative expense claim – Lateness
• Bankruptcy – DSO – Student loans
• Bankruptcy – Mortgage – Loan history
• Bankruptcy – Eviction – Automatic stay
• Bankruptcy – Fraud – Sale of businesses
• Mortgages – Note – G.L.c. 183, section54D(e)
• Bankruptcy – Judicial lien – Escrow
• Bankruptcy – Post-petition financing – Spouse
• Trustee can’t sell auto policy back to insurance carrier
• Bankruptcy – Compromise – Insurance policy
• Bankruptcy – Property transfer – Use and occupancy
• Bankruptcy – False representation – Section 523(a)(2)(A)
• Bankruptcy – Student loans – Discharge
• Bankruptcy – Accounting – ‘Custodian’
• Bankruptcy – Sale of real property – Joint tenancy
• Mortgages – Modification – RESPA
• Bankruptcy – Corporate executives – Willful and malicious injury
• Bankruptcy – Specific performance – Determination of nondischargeability
• Bankruptcy – Chapter 13 – Confirmation of plan
• Bankruptcy – Chapter 7 – Sale of property
• Bankruptcy – Chapter 7 – Approval of settlement
• Bankruptcy – Claims litigation agreement
• Bankruptcy – Modification – Mortgage
• Bankruptcy – Student loans – Undue hardship
• Bankruptcy – Judicial estoppel
• Bankruptcy – Homestead – Extraterritoriality
• Bankruptcy – Reorganization plan
• Bad faith not cause for dismissal of Chapter 7 bankruptcy case
• Bankruptcy – Bad faith – Homestead
• Bankruptcy – Annuity – Prohibited transaction
• Bankruptcy – Fee award – DOR – Discharge injunction
• Bankruptcy – Trustee – Fiduciary duties
• Bankruptcy – Students loans – Stay – Garnishment
• Bankruptcy – Attorneys’ liens
• Bankruptcy – Loan – Wrongful underwriting
• Bankruptcy – Loan – Fraud
• Interest in newly acquired property not subject to homestead exemption cap
• Bankruptcy – Mortgage – Foreclosure
• Bankruptcy – Extensions of credit – Guarantees
• Bankruptcy – Homestead – ‘Roll‐over’ safe harbor
• Bankruptcy – Contractor – False representations
• Bankruptcy – Discharge injunction – Guaranty
• Bankruptcy – Income taxes
• Bankruptcy – Loans – PHLPA – Fraud
• Bankruptcy – Defalcation – Investments
• Bankruptcy – Home improvement – 11 U.S.C. section523(a)
• Bankruptcy – Contempt – Discharge injunction
• Homestead exemption OK’d for Florida condo
• Bankruptcy – Loans – Wrongful origination – G.L.c. 93A
• Bankruptcy – Homestead – Extraterritoriality
• Bankruptcy – Homestead – Conversion from Chapter 13 to 7
• Bankruptcy – Automatic stay – Eviction
• Bankruptcy – Homestead – Trust beneficiaries
• Bankruptcy – Fraudulent transfer
• Bankruptcy – Mortgage – Acknowledgement
• Mortgages – Acknowledgement – Voluntariness
• Bankruptcy – Mortgage – Surrender
• Bankruptcy – Fraud – Willful and malicious injury
• Bankruptcy – Band manager
• Bankruptcy – Mortgage – Tenants in common
• Bankruptcy – Discharge – Denial
• Bankruptcy – Fraudulent transfers – Avoidance
• Bankruptcy – Mortgage – Online access
• Bankruptcy – Fraud – Auto repair shop
• Bankruptcy – Denial of discharge – Loans
• Bankruptcy – Automobile – Salvage title
• Bankruptcy – Constructive trust
• Bankruptcy – Discharge – Denial
• Bankruptcy – Denial of discharge – Tax refund
• Bankruptcy – Embezzlement
• Bankruptcy – False representations – Nondischargeability
• Bankruptcy – Plan funding – Promise
• Bankruptcy – Attorney – Unauthorized settlement
• Bankruptcy – False pretenses – Business loan
• Bankruptcy – Sale – Credit bidding
• Bankruptcy – Sale of real property
• Bankruptcy – Probate estate
• Bankruptcy – Embezzlement – LLC
• Bankruptcy – Securities
• Bankruptcy – Turnover – Probate exception
• Bankruptcy – Homestead
• Bankruptcy – Setoff – Social Security disability benefits
• Bankruptcy – Materially false financial statement
• Bankruptcy – Misappropriation – Fiduciary duty
• Bankruptcy – Church – Examiner
• Bankruptcy – Exclusivity – Fees
• Bankruptcy – Student loans
• Bankruptcy – Failure to preserve records
• Bankruptcy – Modification – Bad faith
• Bankruptcy – Preemption – Workers’ compensation
• Insurance – Lapse – Life insurance policy
• Bankruptcy – Mortgage – Arrearage
• Bankruptcy – Disposable income – Second mortgage
• Bankruptcy – Student loan – Hardship
• Bankruptcy – Trust – Spendthrift clause
• Bankruptcy – Conversion to Chapter 7 – Ponzi scheme
• Bankruptcy – Legal fees – Divorce – False pretenses
• Bankruptcy – Dismissal – Bar to refiling
• Bankruptcy – Issue preclusion – Fraud
• Bankruptcy – Legal fees – False pretenses
• Bankruptcy – Taxes – Rental income
• Bankruptcy – Homestead – Trust
• Mortgages – Rescission – MCCCDA
• Bankruptcy – Fraud – Fiduciary – Defalcation
• Bankruptcy – Stay pending appeal – Reconsideration
• Bankruptcy – Promissory notes
• Bankruptcy – Bad faith filing
• Bankruptcy – Liquidated debt – Arbitration
• Bankruptcy – False representation – Sale
• Bankruptcy – False pretenses – Homestead
• Bankruptcy – Trusts – Judicial authority – Jury trial
• Bankruptcy – Res judicata – Confirmation
• Bankruptcy – Contempt – Automatic stay
• Bankruptcy – Default interest – Penalty
• Bankruptcy – Designation of votes – Bad faith
• Bankruptcy – Church – Corporate status
• Bankruptcy – Chapter 13
• Bankruptcy – Home renovation – Discharge
• Bankruptcy – Foreclosure – Loan modification
• Mortgages – Rescission – Recoupment
• Bankruptcy – Mortgage – ‘Penalty clause’ – Fees
• Bankruptcy – Limitations – section523(c)
• Bankruptcy – Settlement – Turnover
• Bankruptcy – Fees – Reconsideration
• Bankruptcy – Student loan – Hardship
• Bankruptcy – Final judgment – Consent
• Bankruptcy – Apartment building – Secured claim
• Bankruptcy – Asset sale – Unemployment contributions
• Bankruptcy – Misrepresentations – Larceny
• Bankruptcy – ‘Cramdown’
• Bankruptcy – Lien – Condominium – Priority – Fees
• Bankruptcy – Chapter 13 plan – Pending adversary proceeding
• Bankruptcy – Chapter 13 plan
• Bankruptcy – Transfer – Avoidance – Insiders
• Bankruptcy – Compensation – Law firm
• Bankruptcy – Automatic stay – Prepetition debt collection
• Bankruptcy – Preferential transfers – Insolvency
• Bankruptcy – Collateral estoppel – Fiduciary duty
• Bankruptcy – Relief from automatic stay – Credit union
• Bankruptcy – Investment – Exception from discharge
• Bankruptcy – Contempt – Turnover
• Bankruptcy – Concealment of Assets – False oaths
• Bankruptcy – Voidable preference
• Mortgages – Assignment
• Bankruptcy – Fraud – Defalcation
• Bankruptcy – Fraud – TILA – G.L.c. 93A
• Bankruptcy – Common area fees
• Bankruptcy – Violation of stay – Asset removal
• Bankruptcy – Foreclosure
• Bankruptcy – Mortgage – Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act – Automatic stay
• Bankruptcy – Dischargeability – Home renovation
• Bankruptcy – Mortgage – Objection
• Bankruptcy – Trustee’s sale – Conversion
• Bankruptcy – Res judicata
• Bankruptcy – Lease – Automatic stay
• Bankruptcy – Unemployment compensation
• Bankruptcy – Nondisclosure of assets – False oaths
• Bankruptcy – Chapter 13 plan – Vagueness
• Bankruptcy – Exemption – Plan confirmation
• Bankruptcy – Student loans – Undue hardship
• Bankruptcy – Prepetition conveyances
• Bankruptcy – Preferential transfers

Decisions Reviewed on Appeal

• 1st Circuit reverses rule on valuing debtor’s property
• Bankruptcy – Lien avoidance – Tenancy by the entirety
• Bankruptcy – Settlement agreement – Release
• Bankruptcy Code rescinds tribal sovereign immunity
• Bankruptcy – Tribal sovereign immunity – Abrogation
• Bankruptcy – Default judgment – Discovery
• Bankruptcy – Discharge – Exception
• Bankruptcy – Dismissal – Plan – Delay
• Bankruptcy – Denial of discharge
• Bankruptcy – Conversion
• Bankruptcy – Automatic stay – Termination
• Bankruptcy – Dismissal – Delay
• Bankruptcy – False representations – Loans
• Bankruptcy – Plan – Disposable income
• Bankruptcy – Dismissal – Filings
• Bankruptcy – Appeal – Standing
• Bankruptcy – Counsel fees – Fraud
• Bankruptcy – Asset sale – Unemployment
• Bankruptcy – Limitations – Motion to amend
• Bankruptcy – Automatic stay – Capias
• Bankruptcy – Appeal – Mootness

Articles about the judge, quoting the judge, etc.

• Change coming to municipal tax liens — but what kind?
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court announces Judge Bailey’s retirement
• Business litigator looks forward to ‘challenging time’ on Bankruptcy Court