Legal Opinion
Westmoreland Human Opportunities, Inc. v. James R. Walsh, Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of Life Service Systems, Inc. Life Service Systems, Inc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 10, 2001No. 00-3070PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Chief Judge.
This bankruptcy appeal requires us to define the boundaries of the term “property of the estate,” as used in § 541 of Title 11 of the United States Code (Bankruptcy Code), in the context of a federal grant relationship. The appeal arises out of an adversary action instituted by the trustee of debtor Life Service Systems, Inc.(LSS) against defendant Westmoreland Human Opportunities, Inc. (WHO), charging the latter with a breach of its fiduciary duty to LSS’s Unsecured Creditors Committee (Committee). Both LSS and WHO are non-profit organizations which…
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