Legal Opinion
Farmer v. FIRST VIRGINIA BANK OF FAIRFAX CTY., VA.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 6, 1982No. Civ. A. No. 82-0304-R, Bankruptcy No. 81-00927-RPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICHARD L. WILLIAMS, District Judge.
The appellants are a group of unsecured creditors of Colonial Memorial Gardens, Inc. (Colonial). The debtor was the subject of an involuntary liquidation proceeding filed by these creditors in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The presiding bankruptcy judge dismissed this proceeding on abstention grounds. See 11 U.S.C. § 305(a) (Supp. IV 1980). The appellants now appeal this dismissal. The appellee is First Virginia Bank of Fairfax County, Virginia (the Bank), the trustee in bankruptcy. The court has…
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