Legal Opinion
Sterling Bank & Trust v. Merchant (In Re Merchant)
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 28, 2000No. 19-70111PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARREN W. BENTZ, Bankruptcy Judge.
Introduction
Before the Court are three separate Motions for Relief from the Automatic Stay, Sterling Bank & Trust (“Sterling”) and Continental Communities, Inc. (“Continental”) seek relief in the Thomas E. Merchant (“Merchant”) case and Loretta J. Kozlowski (“Kozlowski”) seeks relief in the Earl A. Schifino (“Schifino”) case. We have granted the Motions by separate orders and write to explain the basis of our decision.
Factual Background
Merchant, Schifino, and The Winlei-Sterling Property Management Group (‘Winlei”) are intimately familiar with the…
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