Legal Opinion
In Re Vebeliunas
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 10, 1999No. 19-22316PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION DISQUALIFYING COUNSEL TO CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE
TINA L. BROZMAN, Chief Judge.
Concerns and fears of partisan bias in the House of Representatives and in the voting by Senators rocked the impeachment process of President William Jefferson Clinton. As it turned out, once the Senators viewed the evidence and gave it the weight they deemed appropriate, they did not vote along unified party lines but acquitted the President. I mention this only to illustrate what a destructive force bias can be if it is allowed to go unchecked and how important in the judicial and quasi-judicial arenas it is…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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- Woods v. City Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- In the Matter of JAMES WILSON ASSOCIATES, Debtor. Appeals of METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- In the Matter of Consolidated Bancshares, Inc., D/B/A Consolidated Investors, Inc., Debtor. Pierson & Gaylen, Ray & Terrell & Grubbs, Cross- v Creel & Atwood and Jack Bryant, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- In Re 7677 East Berry Avenue Associates, L.P.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado · 2009
- In Re VazquezUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · 2005
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