Raymond B. Ray

How Judge Ray rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Ray no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida
Position
bankruptcy
Status
No longer serving
Signed orders read
20

How Judge Ray decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

Subordination affected payment priority but did not erase the underlying financial obligation.

“Whether or not the Petitioners’ notes are subordinated, they represent financial obligations of Aurora.”

Procedural preferences

The court declined to give advance guidance where future facts might never create a live controversy.

“Furnishing such guidance prior to the making of the decision, however, is the role of counsel, not of the courts.”

Cautions

A proposed conversion requires both sufficient regular income and a good-faith basis.

“The Debtor displayed a disturbing lack of knowledge concerning his own schedules and Pamela’s contributions to the Plan.”

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

In Re Archer
09-16898-BKC-RBR · 2009-10-02
Objection to exemptions (Chapter 7 trustee) Granted

“ORDERED that the Objection [D.E. 25] is SUSTAINED.”

In Re SFD @ Hollywood, LLC
08-25185-BKC-RBR · 2009-09-04
Objection to claim (debtor) Denied

“The Objection [DE 73] and Amended Objection [DE 106] are overruled.”

Amended objection to claim (debtor) Denied
In Re S & I Investments
08-26220-BKC-RBR · 2009-10-07
Motion to assume lease (Chapter 11 trustee) Granted

“ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO ASSUME LEASE, GRANTING MOTION TO COMPROMISE CONTROVERSY, AND DENYING MOTION TO COMPEL TURNOVER OF FUNDS AS MOOT”

Motion to compromise controversy (Chapter 11 trustee) Granted
Motion to compel turnover of registry funds (Chapter 11 trustee) Moot / procedural
In Re Dv8, Inc.
08-19123-BKC-RBR · 2010-08-24
Motion to deem late claims timely (Gregg Bernard and Marilyn Bernard) Denied

“Motion to Deem Late Filed Claims Timely Filed is hereby DENIED.”

Vision Development Group of Broward County, LLC v. TMG Sunrise, LLC (In Re Vision Development Group of Broward County, LLC)
07-17778-BKC-RBR · 2009-03-20
Summary judgment (Chelsey Funding, LLC and TMG Sunrise, LLC) Granted

“ORDERED that the Motion [D.E. 58] is GRANTED.”

In Re Cherry
08-11992-BKC-RBR · 2008-11-19
Motion to convert to chapter 13 (debtor) Denied

“ORDERED that the Motion to Convert [D.E. 150] is DENIED.”

In Re SFD @ Hollywood, LLC
08-25185-BKC-RBR · 2009-06-18
Motion to intervene (Abele Realty Group, LLC) Granted

“ORDERED that the Motion to Intervene [D.E. 128] is GRANTED.”

Motion to apply bankruptcy rule 7024 (VCI Building, LLC) Denied

“The 7024 Motion [D.E. 129] is DENIED.”

In Re Aurora Capital, Inc.
09-11971-BKC-RBR · 2009-06-12
Motion to dismiss involuntary petition (alleged debtor) Denied

“ORDERED that the Motion to Dismiss Involuntary Petition [D.E. 4 and D.E. 8] is DENIED.”

SFD @ Hollywood, LLC v. VCI Building, LLC (In Re SFD @ Hollywood, LLC)
08-25185-BKC-RBR · 2009-02-19
Motion to dismiss adversary (VCI Building, LLC) Granted

“ORDERED that the Motion to Dismiss [D.E. 7] is GRANTED. The adversary proceeding is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”

In Re S & I Investments
08-26220-BKC-RBR · 2009-06-17
Motion to assume lease (Chapter 11 trustee) Granted

“The Motion [D.E. 95] is GRANTED.”

Salkin v. Stone Street Capital, Inc. (In Re Jack)
01-20172-BKC-RBR · 2003-06-06
Motion to dismiss adversary (Stone Street Capital, Inc. and related defendants) Granted

“Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Counts I, II, III is granted.”

Ershowsky v. Freedman (In Re Freedman)
08-28599-RBR · 2010-06-04

The trial decision is retained for context but excluded from motion-outcome statistics.

A historical record

Judge Ray 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.