Legal Opinion
Peskin v. Picard (In Re Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities)
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 10, 2009No. 19-09011PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING TRUSTEE’S MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINT
BURTON R. LIFLAND, Bankruptcy Judge.
With more than 15,000 claims filed in the Madoff proceeding and multi-billions of dollars at stake, the issue of how the Trustee determines claimants’ “net equity” for distribution purposes is a central question to be determined in this SIPA liquidation.
Before this Court is the motion (“Motion to Dismiss”) brought by defendant Irving H. Picard, trustee (“Trustee” or “Defendant”) for the substantively consolidated Securities Investor Protection Act (“SIPA”), 15 U.S.C. §…
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- Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (In Re Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2010
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