Legal Opinion
Smith v. Arthur Andersen LLP
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 30, 2005No. Nos. 03-16791, 03-16803, 03-16899PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:
Gerald K. Smith, in his capacity as Plan Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of Boston Chicken, Inc. and various related entities (the Trustee) filed an action alleging a variety of claims. Later, the Trustee filed motions seeking district court approval of settlements reached with certain of the *995defendants and requesting bar orders enjoining the non-settling defendants from asserting certain claims against the settling defendants. Over objection of some of the non-settling defendants, the district court granted the approval motions resulting in this appeal.
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