Legal Opinion

West Coast Video Enterprises, Inc. v. Owens (In Re West Coast Video Enterprises, Inc.)

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided September 25, 1992No. 19-10763PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

DAVID A. SCHOLL, Bankruptcy Judge.

Before this court is a Motion of the Defendant-franchisees of the Debtor, a franchisor of a large number of video cassette rental stores, requesting the court to abstain from hearing the above-captioned adversary proceeding, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1334(c)(1), (c)(2), and presumably to dismiss it.

The Debtor, which filed the underlying voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy case on February 25, 1992, initiated the instant proceeding in this court on August 6, 1992. The Complaint alleges that the Defendants hold three franchises from the Debtor, but have…

2Cases cited40 opinions

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Bricker v. MartinDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2006
  2. Allentown Ambassadors, Inc. v. Northeast American Baseball, LLC (In Re Allentown Ambassadors, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2007
  3. D'Alfonso v. A.R.E.I. Investment Corp. (In Re D'Alfonso)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1997
  4. Bane v. LeRoux (In Re Curran)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1993
  5. In Re Mall at One Associates, L.P.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1995

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