Legal Opinion
Wyle v. C.H. Rider & Family (In re United Energy Corp.)
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1991No. Nos. 89-16281, 89-16505PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
In this consolidated appeal, Frederick S. Wyle, the trustee for United Energy Corporation (“UEC”) and Renewable Power Corporation (“RPC”) (“Trustee”), appeals the decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit (“BAP”) that reversed certain judgments of the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. Appellees (“investors”) were unwitting investors in a Ponzi scheme1 in which they bought solar energy production modules from UEC and signed contracts to sell the power produced by the modules to RPC, a related corporation. To…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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