In re Tomlinson Interests, Inc.

OPINION REGARDING MOTIONS TO CONVERT THE ABOVE CASES TO ONES UNDER CHAPTER 11 AND FOR APPOINTMENT OF A CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE

RANDOLPH F. WHELESS, Jr., Chief Judge.

On January 15, 1990, five and one-half years after the above cases were filed as chapter 7 cases, Halliburton Company and other creditors filed a motion to convert the above cases to ones under chapter 11 and to appoint Gary Knostman (the chapter 7 Trustee) as chapter 11 Trustee. The chapter 7 Trustee responded. He argued that before conversion was ordered a clear showing should be made that such conversion is (at the time of…