Legal Opinion
Watts v. Williams
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided March 31, 1993No. Civ. A. 92-CV-3593PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HITTNER, District Judge.
This case represents an appeal of two orders. The first order denied the Trustee’s Motion to Approve Compromise of Controversy with Debtor Laurence W. Watts (“Watts”). The second, issued sua sponte, prohibited Watts from expending any funds received from pre-petition contingent fee contracts and required him to deposit such funds into the registry of the court pending a determination of the bankruptcy estate’s interest. Judge Randolph F. Wheless entered the orders on October 8, 1992, in bankruptcy proceedings styled In re Lawrence K. Watts, Bankruptcy No.…
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