Interwest Business Equipment, Inc. v. United States Trustee (In re Interwest Business Equipment, Inc.)
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
BRORBY, Circuit Judge.
In these appeals from three related Chapter 11 cases, we are asked to second-guess the bankruptcy court’s decision to deny approval of employment of each debtor in possession’s choice of attorney on the basis of actual conflict of interest.
BACKGROUND
Interwest Business Equipment Inc., Green Street, a nonprofit corporation, Retail Systems, Inc., and Mr. Robert L. Slingerland all filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in June of 1991.
Mr. Slingerland controls each of the corporations. While Mr. Slingerland is the sole shareholder of…
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