Sean H. Lane
How Judge Lane rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Lane decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Cautions
The court favored dismissal where a state-law assignment was already far advanced and the person responsible for the debtors’ collapse sought to control the federal liquidation.
“Nussbaum’s criminal conduct precipitated the Debtors’ need to cease operations, it is problematic for him to dictate how best to compensate creditors, particularly in light of the significant progress the Assignee had already made in the ABC Proceeding.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the forgoing reasons, the Assignee’s Motion to Dismiss is granted, and the UST Motion is denied as moot.”
“For the reasons stated below, the Motion is denied.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the complaint against the Defendant is dismissed.”
“For the reasons stated above, the Court denies the Motions and does not approve the Settlement or the Plan Support Agreement.”
“For all of the reasons set forth above, the Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion is granted. Judgment of non-dischargeability shall be entered pursuant to Section 523(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code.”
“For the foregoing reasons, therefore, the Court denies Plaintiffs' Motion for leave to file the January 2019 Complaint.”
“For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies the Motion.”
“The Defendant’s Motion is therefore granted and Counts I and II are dismissed.”
“For the reasons set forth above, the motions to dismiss are denied as to the avoidance causes of action and granted as to the claim disallowance cause of action in Count LXXXI of the Complaint for all defendants except Reliable.”
“Based on the foregoing, the Court denies the Motion.”
“For the reasons above, the Court grants the Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment.”
“For the reasons discussed above, the Court dismisses the Debtor’s Chapter 13 case based on the totality of the circumstances under 11 U.S.C. § 1307(c).”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All six sampled matters were pending when reviewed. Nussbaum Lowinger supplied two express contested outcomes; the five other sampled matters supplied no separate readable ruling suitable for classification.
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