Lawrence Ollason
How Judge Ollason rules, drawn from 7 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Ollason no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Ollason decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
The court read the rent-assignment agreement as a whole instead of allowing one clause to control the parties' evident security arrangement.
“A clause is not a contract, and that which is absolute is not conditional.”
Procedural preferences
The court required completion of Arizona's statutory forfeiture process before treating the purchaser's property interest as terminated.
“the Arizona legislature intended the purchaser to have an interest in the property until the affidavit of completion of forfeiture is recorded.”
Cautions
The court tested retirement-plan preemption by how the plan was actually created and maintained, not by the label attached to the account.
“The operative test contained in section 1003(a) focuses on how the plan is established or maintained.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“judgment be, and it hereby is, entered in favor of the trustee-plaintiff and against the defendant”
“For the reasons cited above, the plaintiff’s motion to abandon is hereby denied.”
“the Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment is hereby granted.”
“Republic’s interest was perfected outside the preference period and the debtor’s argument that the effective transfer date did not occur until February 25, 1985 cannot be sustained.”
“IT IS ORDERED that UNUM’s security interest in rents from the Debtor’s income producing property has not been perfected and is not enforceable.”
“IT IS ORDERED overruling the Trustee’s objection to the debtors’ claims of exemption, and denying the Trustee's motion for turnover.”
“The lift stay motion will be denied without prejudice to renew should the lien survive that determination.”
“Accordingly, the court will enter an order denying the motion, but requiring the debtor to sequester and account for the rents and to obtain an order for expenditures outside the ordinary maintenance and management of the subject property.”
A historical record
Judge Ollason no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.