IN RE WALKER

Bankruptcy Nos. 93-11377-JEY, 93-12912-JEY, 94-11862-JEY, 93-11862-JEY, 92-11282-JEY, 95-10717-JEY, 92-10580-JEY, 93-13309-JEY, 94-10039-JEY and 89-10291-JEY.

195 B.R. 187 (1996)

In re Peter L. WALKER, Debtor. In re Lawrence & Elaine EMERTON, Debtors. In re Dean & Elaine GOULD, Debtors. In re Ronald A. NASTASI, Sr., Debtor. In re Anne ARNOLD, Debtor. In re James J. LaPLANTE, Debtor. In re Michael & Wanda KIRKER, Debtors. In re George & Arlene CULOTTA, Debtors. In re Thomas H. WHITTAKER, Debtor. In re June M. CALDWELL, Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Hampshire.

April 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geraldine Karonis, Manchester, NH, for US Trustee.

Patrick F. Harrigan, Portsmouth, NH, for Debtor Peter L. Walker.

Victor Dahar, Chapter 7 Trustee, Manchester, NH.

Keith R. Jacques, Jensen Baird Gardner & Henry, Biddeford, ME, for York River Lobster Trap Co.

Marc L. Van De Water, Thomas, Utell, Van De Water & Raiche, Manchester, NH, for Debtors Lawrence & Elaine Emerton.

W. James Doyle, Cloutier, Beliveau & Fradette, Manchester, NH, for the Cadle Company.

Stan Hawthorne, Hawthorne Law Center, P.C., Rochester, NH, for Debtors Dean & Elaine Gould.

Richard Craven, Chapter 7 Trustee, Tyngsboro, MA.

American Frozen Foods, Loren H. Rosson Jr., Spaloss & Rosson, Nashua, NH, for Added Creditor.

Barry Levine, Wakefield, MA, for Debtor Ronald A. Nastasi, Sr.

Jeffrey Schreiber, Chapter 7 Trustee, Schreiber & Associates, Danvers, MA.

General Electric Supply Co. and Wesco Supply Co., Jay M. Niederman, Niederman & Stanzel, Manchester, NH, for Added Creditors.

Raymond J. DiLucci, Concord, NH, for Debtor Anne Arnold.

Timothy C. Day, Hampton Falls, NH, for Rockland Trust Co.

Chris J. Seufert, Franklin, NH, for Debtor James L. LaPlante.

Steven Notinger, Chapter 7 Trustee, Donchess & Notinger, Nashua, NH.

Randall W. Lane, Lane & Bentley, Keene, NH, and John P. Rab, Rab & Neiman, P.A., Keene, NH, for Debtors Michael and Wanda Kirker.

Dennis Bezanson, Chapter 7 Trustee, Portsmouth, NH.

William Gannon, Wadliegh, Starr, Peters, Dunn, & Chiesa, Manchester, NH, for Debtors George and Arlene Culotta.

Richard Erricola, Chapter 7 Trustee, Richard Erricola Company, Inc., Sutton, MA.

Thomas Morgan, Salem, NH, and Frank V. Hekiman, Salem, NH, for Debtor Thomas H. Whittaker.

Mae J. Lew, Boston, MA, for IRS.

David Broderick, Concord, NH, Office of the U.S. Attorney.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES E. YACOS, Chief Judge.

A medieval scholastic would appreciate this opinion representing the undersigned judge's foray into the thicket of expanding case law on the simple question of whether a debtor should be able to reopen a chapter 7 no-asset bankruptcy case to add an omitted creditor to the schedules. Even more engrossing to said scholastic would be the truly metaphysical questions presented by that case law. The questions...

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