Legal Opinion

Fisher v. Sellas (In Re Lake States Commodities, Inc.)

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided January 11, 2002No. 19-05808PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

SUSAN PIERSON SONDERBY, Bankruptcy Judge.

I

FINDINGS OF FACT

This cause comes to be heard on the motion of defendant for entry of judgment on partial findings in accordance with Rule 7052(c) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (“Bankruptcy Rules”) upon the conclusion of the plaintiffs case-in-chief at the joint trial on common issues; whether the debtor Lake States Commodities, Inc. a/k/a Lake States, Inc. (“Lake States”) was insolvent at the relevant time pursuant to statute and whether Lake States was operated as a Ponzi scheme. For the reasons…

2Cases cited25 opinions

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