Simon v. Miller (In re Miller Parking Co.)

OPINION

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

The question presented in this bankruptcy appeal is whether a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee may submit a claim in a different bankruptcy proceeding, not on behalf of the trustee’s debtor, but on behalf of the creditors of that first bankruptcy. The bankruptcy court answered no, and this Court agrees. The bankruptcy court’s order sustaining the objection to, and disallowing, the claim will be affirmed.

I

Miller Parking Company, LLC (“Miller Detroit”) was a limited liability company that owned and operated several parking structures and surface lots located…