Legal Opinion

In Re Mi La Sul

United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California

Decided November 9, 2007No. SV07-13777GM, SV07-13778GM, SV07-13779KT, SV07-13808MT, SV07-13809KT, SV07-13924GMPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION REGARDING ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE REGARDING MULTIPLE INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS

GERALDINE MUND, KATHLEEN THOMPSON, MAUREEN A. TIGHE, Bankruptcy Judges.

An unusual series of involuntary and voluntary bankruptcy petitions were recently filed in this court (see attached chart). They raise the issue of whether the filing of a facially correct involuntary bankruptcy petition by a purportedly unsecured creditor is in bad faith when the purpose is to stay the foreclosure on property in which there is little or no equity so as to give an affiliate of that unsecured creditor time…

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