Legal Opinion
In re Continental Investment Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 31, 1980No. 80-1362PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
Appellants Monte and Neil Wallace, the majority stockholders of Continental Investment Corporation (CIC), seek to take an interlocutory appeal from an order denying their motion to disqualify from CIC’s Chapter X reorganization proceedings the law firm representing a substantial creditor of the bankrupt.
The disqualification motion focused on the role played by Marvin Jacob in connection with the reorganization proceedings. As head of the Bankruptcy Division of the SEC’s New York Regional Office, Jacob had represented the SEC in its ultimately successful efforts to gain a…
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