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Court Opinions Database
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| Keywords/Topic | Date | Title | Description | Judge | |
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| Standing | 03/16/2012 | Patel et al v. Patel et al |
New Mexico community property law dictates that where only one spouse is named in a document evidencing ownership of community personal property, only that spouse has the power to manage, control, dispose of, or encumber that property. Given this rule, when only spouse is listed on LLC membership documents, the other spouse does not have standing to assert a derivative action on behalf of the LLC. 2012 WL 908439 (Bankr.D.N.M. J. Jacobvitz 2012). |
Chief Judge Robert H. Jacobvitz | |
| Standing | 09/29/2010 | Bucchino v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
Debtors who had been denied access by a bank to funds in a bank account lacked standing to pursue a claim against the bank for willful violation of the stay where the debtors had made a claim of exemption as to the funds, but the exemption had not yet been allowed. |
Chief Judge Robert H. Jacobvitz | |
| Standing | 12/01/2009 | Runnels Broadcasting Systems, LLC |
By Creditor in Chapter 7 Case 2009 WL 4611447 (Bankr.D.N.M. 2009, J. Jacobvitz) |
Chief Judge Robert H. Jacobvitz |