Legal Opinion

In Re Highgate Equities, Ltd., Debtor. Shmuel Klein, Movant-Appellant v. Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker and David L. Tillem

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided January 31, 2002No. Docket 01-5013PublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KATZMANN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Shmuel Klein appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Charles L. Brieant, J.) reversing an award of sanctions in his favor pursuant to Rule 9011 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (“Rule 9011”) against ap-pellees David Tillem and Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman, and Dicker (‘Wilson, Elser”) by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York (John J. Connelly, /.). For the reasons stated below, we affirm the judgment of the District Court.

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