Legal Opinion
Petitioning Creditors of Melon Produce, Inc. v. Joseph Braunstein, Trustee, Melon Produce, Inc. v. Peter Karger
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 8, 1997No. 96-1395, 96-1406PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANCIS J. BOYLE, Senior District Judge.
In this action, a Bankruptcy Court decision allowed the unsecured claim of a creditor who had obtained a preferential transfer. The petitioning unsecured creditors appealed to the District Court the Bankruptcy Court’s ruling that the unsecured creditor’s claim should neither be denied nor equitably subordinated. The District Court dismissed the petitioning unsecured creditors’ appeal for failure to prosecute. The petitioning unsecured creditors now claim that the District Court erred in dismissing their appeal. We affirm the Bankruptcy Court’s…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by28 opinions
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