Ratner v. Weinbaum (In re Weinbaum)

DECISION

C. ALBERT PARENTE, Bankruptcy Judge.

Leonard Weinbaum (hereafter “petitioner”) moves for an order dismissing the above-captioned adversary proceeding commenced by Litt Ratner & Co. (hereafter “respondent”) and vacating the judgment entered in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, in favor of respondent. A hearing on said motion was held on July 9, 1981.

The salient facts giving rise to the dispute at bar follow.(1) In July 1977, petitioner commenced an action against the respondent and other named defendants in the United States District Court for the Southern…