Legal Opinion
In Re Courtesy Inns, Ltd., Inc., Debtor. Randolph F. Jones v. Bank of Santa Fe
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1994No. 93-1100PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
Randolph F. Jones, president of debtor Courtesy Inns, Ltd., Inc. (Courtesy), appeals an award made against him personally for $6,953 attorney’s fees for bad faith filing of a bankruptcy petition. Jones argues that the bankruptcy court was without jurisdiction to award sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 and that the filing was not in bad faith. 1
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Courtesy was indebted to the Bank of Santa Fe (Bank) for approximately $1.4 million secured by a mortgage on Courtesy’s sole asset, a motel in Minnesota. After efforts at a workout failed, the Bank scheduled a foreclosure sale for…
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