William E. Anderson
How Judge Anderson rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Anderson no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Anderson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Finality bound a properly notified creditor to a confirmed plan even when the plan contained an improper student-loan provision.
“the judicial policy of favoring finality of confirmation must prevail in this case.”
Changed financial circumstances and full payment supported good faith in successive filings.
“her proposal to pay the entire balance of Chrysler’s claim in such a timely fashion can hardly be construed as bad faith.”
Procedural preferences
A plan could not be used to obtain advance advisory rulings on hypothetical creditor defenses.
“he is asking this Court to adjudicate matters that are not yet before the court.”
Cautions
Unsupported claim objections risked sanctions even though the safe-harbor defect defeated the sanctions request in that case.
“The evidence in the record indicates that the objections to claims no. 7 and 10 were filed without regard to the actual validity of the claims.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The objections to claims no. 7 and 10 are overruled without prejudice”
“For this reason, the request for sanctions will be denied”
“The objection to the confirmation of the Debtor’s chapter 13 plan will be sustained”
“The Debtor’s plan cannot be confirmed until all of the provisions are removed from Paragraph 11.”
“The objection of the chapter 13 trustee will be sustained without prejudice”
“this Court may not confirm the Debtors’ plan”
“The objection by R.J. Reynolds-Patrick County Memorial Hospital, Inc., to the priority character of the claim filed by the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of the United States of America will be overruled.”
“Partial summary judgment shall be entered in favor of the defendant Federal Insurance, Inc.”
“The Court denies ECMC’s Motion for Summary Judgment.”
“ECMC’s counterclaim is also denied.”
“The Court grants Mr. Banks’ Motion for Summary Judgment”
“the City’s motions for Relief from Stay and to Prohibit the Sale of Property are DENIED.”
“the objections of Chrysler and the Trustee are DENIED”
“the debt- or’s plan, providing for the full payment of Chrysler’s claim, shall be confirmed”
“Motion to Compel the Assumption or Rejection of Leases is denied with respect to the Komatsu agreement”
“granted with respect to the Freightliner agreement.”
“Motion for Payments of Leases is granted with respect to the Freightliner agreement”
“denied with respect to the Komatsu agreement.”
“an order will be entered permanently enjoining the defendants from allowing a non-lawyer member of the Garrett & Garrett firm from doing so.”
“sustaining the objection made by Schewel to confirmation of the debtor’s amended chapter 13 plan.”
“her amended chapter 13 plan cannot be confirmed over Schewel’s objection.”
“overruling the debtor’s objection to the amended claim filed in this proceeding by the Internal Revenue Service”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All ten sampled matters were terminated and every entry stream was empty.
A historical record
Judge Anderson 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.