MESSER

v.

KEMP, WARDEN

Citator

Cited By

• In re Phoenix Piccadilly, Ltd. v. Life Ins. Co. OF Va., 849 F.2d 1393 (11th Cir. 1988)
  …rtners, Ltd. v. Westbrook (In re Albany Partners, Ltd.), 749 F. 2d 670, 674 (11th Cir.1984). See also Shell Oil Co. v. Waldron (In re Waldron), 785 F. 2d 936 (11th Cir.), (Chapter 13 petition dismissed because of bad faith filing.), cert. dismissed, 478 U.S. 1028, 106 S.Ct. 3343, 92 L.Ed.2d 763 (1986). Although what amounts to bad faith is the same for both proceedings, there is no particular test for determining whether a debtor has filed a petition in bad faith. Instead, the courts may consider any factor…
• In re Dixie Broad., Inc. v. Radio WBHP, Inc., 871 F.2d 1023 (11th Cir. 1989)
  ….” Natural Land, 825 F. 2d at 298. These factors include the timing of the filing of the petition, id.; whether the debtor is “financially distressed,” In re Waldron, 785 F. 2d 936, 939 (11th Cir.), cert. dismissed sub nom. Waldron v. Shell Oil Co., 478 U.S. 1028, 106 S.Ct. 3343, 92 L.Ed.2d 763 (1986); whether the petition was filed strictly to circumvent pending litigation, Holtkamp, 669 F. 2d at 508; and whether the petition was filed solely to reject an unprofitable contract, Waldron, 785 F. 2d at 939-41.…
• Symbol Techs., Inc. v. Opticon, Inc., 935 F.2d 1569 (Fed. Cir. 1991)
  …and Trademark Office (PTO) has not restricted between claims to an apparatus and to a method of using the apparatus. Cf. Stu-diengesellschaft Kohle v. Northern Petrochemical Co., 784 F. 2d 351, 354, 228 USPQ 837, 840 (Fed.Cir.1986), cert, dismissed, 478 U.S. 1028, 106 S.Ct. 3343, 92 L.Ed.2d 763 (1986) (chemical composition claims defined invention different from process claims). In short, Berger explained that the word “method” in the description of Group VI during restriction did not mean that the claims we…