Legal Opinion
Blixseth v. Brown (In Re Yellowstone Mountain Club, LLC)
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 28, 2016No. 14-35363PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
We consider whether, under Barton v. Barbour, 104 U.S. 126, 14 Otto 126, 26 L.Ed. 672 (1881), a plaintiff must obtain a bankruptcy court’s permission before suing a member of the Unsecured Creditors’ Committee (UCC) in district court, and whether bankruptcy courts have authority to enter a final judgment on Barton claims.
BACKGROUND
This is but the latest chapter in the long-running saga of the Yellowstone Mountain Club bankruptcy litigation. See Blixseth v. Yellowstone Mountain Club, LLC, 742 F.3d 1215 (9th Cir. 2014) (per curiam); In re BLX Grp., Inc., 419 B.R.…
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