J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc. v. United States Trustee (In Re Martech USA, Inc.)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MEYERS, Bankruptcy Judge.
I
The bankruptcy court for the District of Alaska refused to appoint a New York resident as Chapter 7 trustee, on the basis that he did not have an office in Alaska. Several creditors appeal this ruling.
We AFFIRM.
II
FACTS
On December 19, 1993, Martech USA, Inc. filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. The case was converted to Chapter 7 on December 21, 1994.
Kenneth W. Battley, a panel trustee for the District of Alaska, was appointed interim Chapter 7 trustee on December 22,1994. At the meeting of creditors held on January 19, 1995, an election for a permanent…
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