Legal Opinion

City Sanitation, LLC v. Burdick

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided September 30, 2010No. Civil Action No. 10-40017-FDSPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON APPEAL FROM BANKRUPTCY COURT

SAYLOR, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a final order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts. The order at issue (1) found that the Chapter 7 Trustee had exclusive standing to prosecute claims brought by appellant City Sanitation, LLC against appellees Allied Waste Services of Massachusetts, LLC and William Zoll, and (2) approved settlement of those claims.

For the reasons set forth below, the order of the Bankruptcy Court will be affirmed.

I. Background

A. The Chapter 11 Filing

On July 23, 2003, debtor…

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