Loren S. Dahl
How Judge Dahl rules, drawn from 18 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Dahl no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Dahl decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A cash-collateral proposal needed evidence that its replacement lien would preserve present value rather than speculative future projections.
“the debtor’s proposal for the use of the Bank’s cash collateral does not provide the Bank with the indubitable equivalent of its present security interest”
Procedural preferences
A dismissal request required notice to every creditor before the court would reach the merits.
“the motion to dismiss must be denied until such a time as the due process requirements are satisfied.”
Cautions
Compensation requests were reduced when billing reflected duplication, unnecessary travel, or ordinary overhead.
“The debtor’s estate should not bear the burden of duplication and if not avoided by counsel it should be disallowed by the court.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the motion of creditors seeking an extension to file a complaint to determine dischargeability must be denied”
“an across-the-board reduction is a necessary and fair expedient to correct for excessive hourly rates, duplica-tive hours billed and services that were not reasonably necessary”
“The court will sustain the trustee’s objection to the debtors’ claimed exemptions”
“the debtor’s motion for use of cash collateral must be and is hereby denied”
“the debtor’s motion for use of cash collateral must be and is hereby denied.”
“The debtors can avoid Aetna’s lien on all of the items of personal property herein-above set forth”
“The court intends to deny Perko’s motion to compel debtors in possession to turnover nonresidential property to sublessor”
“to grant the debtor’s motion to assume exec-utory contract”
“The other two motions filed by the debtor are moot.”
“the motion to dismiss must be denied until such a time as the due process requirements are satisfied.”
“the court is unwilling at this time to lift the stay for cause”
“Movant’s request for sanctions pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9011 and Fed.R.Civ.Proc. 11 is denied”
“The court intends to grant FRPCA’s motion to dismiss.”
“As the money is not property of the estate, the motion must be denied.”
“the present motion to dismiss must be granted.”
“The court also grants that part of the motion for leave to withdraw as counsel of record for Robert Bell.”
“The debtors’ motion to avoid lien is granted and ITT shall forthwith turnover to the debtors the $1,155 in insurance proceeds withheld.”
A historical record
Judge Dahl 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.