Legal Opinion
In Re El San Juan Hotel Corporation, Debtor. Appeal of Marshall J. Kagan
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 29, 1988No. 87-1369PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to decide whether the second of two lawsuits filed on behalf of the same bankrupt estate by different representatives properly was dismissed on the ground of res judicata. The question is particularly puzzling because the second representative filed his action even though the bankruptcy court had stayed the order allowing the representative, a non-trustee, to file suit for the estate. After considering both bankruptcy and res judicata law, we affirm.
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In 1980, the San Juan Hotel Corporation filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the…
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