Wagner v. Armstrong (In re Wagner)
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Phillip Armstrong, the trustee in these four consolidated Chapter 121 bankruptcy actions, appeals the judgment of the District Court2 reversing the Bankruptcy Court and denying trustee’s fees for payments made directly by the debtors to impaired3 secured creditors. We affirm.
I
Debtors Doris and Philip Wagner, Robert and Margie Martin, John A. and Irene M. Hoff, and Darrell Leroy and Marlene Jo Lutes are family farmers in North Dakota. The four couples, separately and at different times between 1988 and 1991, petitioned for Chapter 12 reorganization and protection, and the…
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