Legal Opinion
Siaca v. DCC Operating, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 17, 2007No. 05-9012PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, District Judge.
Defendant-appellant Luis Rivera Siaca (“Rivera”) appeals a decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (“BAP”) subjecting him to over $3 million in liability for retaining payments in breach of trust. The progenitor of this procedural gem, plaintiff-appellee DCC Operating, Inc. (“DCC”), originally brought suit in diversity in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. After obtaining a favorable summary judgment ruling, nondiverse debtors-in-possession Coachman, Inc. (“Coachman”), and its wholly-owned subsidiary Olympic Mills Corp. (“Olympic…
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