Mary E. Lopinot

How Judge Lopinot rules, drawn from 1 signed order. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Position
bankruptcy
Appointed by
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Commissioned
2024-10-31
Education
Southern Illinois University, B.S., 1995; Saint Louis University School of Law, J.D., 1998
Signed orders read
1

How Judge Lopinot decides

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

What persuades

In the reviewed claim objection, evidence of re-letting without evidence of the replacement rent did not establish the creditor's claimed damages for the later months.

“no evidence was presented as to the monthly rent paid by the new tenant, nor as to any resulting deficiency in rents due under the original Lease.”

Signed rulings

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

In re Timothy Nation
25-40322 · 2026-03-27
Objection to claim (Timothy Nation) Granted in part

“Based on this determination, the Creditor shall be allowed a non-priority unsecured claim in the amount of $19,400.00.”

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