Legal Opinion
Security Pacific Bank Washington v. Steinberg (In re Westwood Shake & Shingle, Inc.)
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 30, 1992No. 91-35174PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALARCON, Circuit Judge:
Security Pacific Bank Washington (“Security Pacific”) appeals from the district court’s affirmance of the bankruptcy court’s order appointing the law firm of Sirianni & Youtz (“Sirianni”) as special counsel to the trustee of debtor Westwood Shake & Shingle, Inc. (“Westwood”) in the state court litigation instituted by Security Pacific against Westwood and its principals, Steven Yonich and Pamela Yonich.
Security Pacific seeks reversal on the ground that the record discloses a conflict of interest between Sirianni’s duty to the trustee and Westwood’s principals. We…
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