Legal Opinion
Landscape Properties, Inc., Debtor in Possession, C. Richard Crockett Crockett & Brown, Pllc v. Joe D. Whisenhunt Robert A. Vogel Richard C. Downing
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 21, 1997No. 96-2310PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
For the third time, we must resolve a controversy growing out of an unsuccessful attempt under section 363(n) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 363(n), to challenge a bankruptcy sale of the bankrupt’s real property. The two prior appeals involved the merits.
The present appeal is from sanctions imposed upon the lawyer for the bankrupt for filing a subsequent frivolous complaint seeking to avoid the sale. We affirm the sanctions.
I
The background facts, as set forth in our prior opinion, are not disputed.
A. In September 1988, Ramsay, the trustee in bankruptcy, contracted…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Commissioner v. SunnenSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Nevada v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Frederick Lawrence White, Jr. Benjamin L. Staponski, Jr., and Gwen G. Caranchini v. General Motors Corporation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
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