Legal Opinion
Matter of Haber Oil Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1994No. 92-01481PublishedCited by 187 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Just as medieval alchemists bent all their energies to discovering a formula that would transmute dross into gold, so too do modem creditors’ lawyers sptend prodigious amounts of time and effort seeking to convert their clients’ general, unsecured claims against a bankrupt debtor into something more 'substantial. The creditor’s lawyer in this case achieved success in this regard that can only be described as phenomenal, transforming the lead of a breach of contract claim into the gold of a constructive trust and, in turn, into the platinum of cash when it turned out that…
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