Jacob F. Butcher, Debtor-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. John H. Bailey, Iii, Trustee, Trustee in Bankruptcy-Appellee-Cross-Appellant

CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

This case involves cross-appeals from an order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee requiring Jacob F. Butcher (debtor) to turn over to John H. Bailey (trustee) some, but not all, of debtor’s records relating to the property of his estate. 38 B.R. 785.

In 1983 debtor was adjudicated a bankrupt, under Chapter 7, in an involuntary proceeding brought pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 303. Consequently, 11 U.S.C. § 521 required that he “surrender to the trustee all property of the estate and any recorded information, including books,…