Legal Opinion
In Re USA Baby, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 28, 2012No. 11-2018, 11-2026PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Creditors forced USA Baby, which had been formed in 2003 to franchise stores that sell furniture and other products for children, into bankruptcy under Chapter 11 (reorganization). A trustee appointed by the bankruptcy court moved to convert the case to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy (liquidation). The bankruptcy judge granted his motion over the objection of Scott Wallis, a 5 percent shareholder who had been the company’s president when the trustee was appointed and took over the debtor’s management. Wallis moved for reconsideration of the bankruptcy judge’s order, accusing the…
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