Legal Opinion

U.S. Trustee v. Committee of Equity Security Holders

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided May 21, 2003No. 02-2078PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from the order of the District Court, dismissing the U.S. Trustee’s (the “Trustee”) appeal of the Bankruptcy Court’s grant of certain professional fees and expenses incurred by the Unofficial Committee of Equity Security Holders (the “Unofficial Committee”) in furtherance of its effort to have the Bankruptcy Court order the appointment of an official committee of equity security holders, presents important questions as to the scope of the equitable mootness doctrine. The District Court determined that the Trustee’s appeal was equitably…

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3Cited by1 opinion

In Re: Zenith Electronics Corporation, Debtor. U.S. Trustee v. The Official Committee of Equity Security Holders (District of Delaware Civil No. 99-Cv-00747). U.S. Trustee v. The Unofficial Committee of Equity Security Holders (District of Delaware Civil No. 00-Cv-00399). Donald F. Walton, Acting United States Trustee for Region 3Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003