George W. Emerson Jr.
How Judge Emerson rules, drawn from 15 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Emerson no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Emerson
George W. Emerson Jr. served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Tennessee from 2006 until 2020. Before joining the bench, he clerked for a bankruptcy judge, served as clerk of court, practiced law and worked as a Chapter 13 trustee.
How Judge Emerson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Holley v. First Citizens National Bank, Emerson entered judgment for the bank on the debtor’s challenge to a deed of trust after finding that the debtor offered no evidence that the bank had misrepresented the transaction.
“Debtor here has failed to provide any evidence that Defendant made any misrepresentations.”
Procedural preferences
In In re Frederick Taliaferro Hodges, he applied judicial estoppel to prevent the debtor from recharacterizing student loans after earlier sworn filings had treated them as consumer debts.
“Judicial estoppel is applied at the discretion of the Court, and the Court finds that this case exhibits the type of deliberate vacillation that should not be allowed when a Debtor files statements with the Court under penalty of perjury.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“motion to set aside the auction is hereby granted.”
“the Court declines to confirm the auction sale to Eagle Investment Corp.”
“The Court hereby DENIES confirmation of the Debtor’s Amended Plan of Reorganization”
“The Court hereby DENIES the Debtor’s motion to assume the Sublease Agreement”
“the Court finds that the Motion for Sale of Property under Section 303(b) [Docket No. 82] and Motion to Dismiss [Docket No. 83] are rendered MOOT.”
“The Court grants the Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss with respect to Plaintiff’s claims”
“the Court finds that the motion for relief from the automatic stay should be granted.”
“Wells Fargo’s motion for relief from the automatic stay should be and is hereby granted pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362(d)(2).”
“the motion of Comerica Bank for summary judgment is GRANTED.”
“the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Regions Bank is hereby GRANTED.”
“The Cross Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the Unsecured Creditors Committee is DENIED.”
“Fannie Mae’s Motion for Relief from the Automatic Stay (Docket No. 47) is hereby DENIED.”
“Fannie Mae’s Objection to the Debtor’s Motion for Conditional Use of Cash Collateral (Docket No. 45) is hereby OVERRULED.”
“Debtor’s Motion for an Order Granting Adequate Protection Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 366 and 361 and Scheduling a Final Hearing Pursuant to Rule 4001 is GRANTED.”
“the Debtor’s Motion to Alter/Amend and/or for Relief from Judgment is hereby DENIED.”
“Debtor’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum is hereby DENIED.”
“GRANTED. The Flying J Defendants’ alternative motion for summary judgment is now MOOT.”
“The Flying J Defendants’ alternative motion for summary judgment is now MOOT.”
“Debtor/Corporation’s motion to reopen Chapter 7 Case No. 08-11838 is hereby DENIED.”
“Debtor/Corporation’s motion to reopen Adversary Proceeding No. 13-05148 is also DENIED.”
“This matter is before the Court on the motion for summary judgment filed by the Debtor. Defendant did not file a competing motion for summary judgment and yet the Court has found that Debtor cannot prevail on its turnover claim as a matter of law, ... Accordingly, the Court grants summary judgment for the Defendant as to Counts I and II of the Debtor’s complaint and will enter a separate judgment accordingly.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All five matters were terminated, but the archive returned no docket entries for any sampled stream.
A historical record
Judge Emerson no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.