Legal Opinion
In re Haggerty
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided November 30, 2015No. CASE NO. 14-11610Published
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER REGARDING SANCTIONS
Robert E. Grant, Chief Judge,
United States Bankruptcy Court
Elihu Root1 is reputed to have said: “About half of the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should stop.” See, McCandless v. Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., Inc., 697. F.2d 198, 201-02 (7th Cir.1983). This matter is before the court because debtor’s counsel, Mr. Sees, did not follow that advice and the trustee now seeks to have him sanctioned. The trustee contends the debtor’s objection to a motion to compromise “unreasonably and vexatiously”…
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