Legal Opinion
In the Matter of USA Diversified Products, Inc., Debtor. R. David Boyer, Trustee v. Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 8, 1996No. 96-1900PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This appeal by the defendant in an adversary proceeding brought by a trustee in bankruptcy requires us to interpret section 542 of the Bankruptcy Code. In September 1992, Carlton, Fields, a Florida law firm, was retained by Paul Davis, the owner of an import-export company named USA Diversified Products, Inc., to represent Diversified, Davis, and Ms wife in a suit for fraud that had been brought against them in Florida. See Hoseline, Inc. v. U.S.A. Diversified Products, Inc., 40 F.3d 1198 (11th Cir.1994). On December 9 Davis wired the law firm $125,000 to fund a possible…
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