Legal Opinion
In re Meltzer
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 29, 2015No. 13 B 31151PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
A. Benjamin Goldgar, United States Bankruptcy Judge
This long-dismissed involuntary chapter 7 case is awaiting ruling on the appropriate sanctions to be levied against the petitioners because the case was filed in bad faith. Although the sanctions question is fully briefed and has been under advisement for some time, two of the petitioners have persisted in filing frivolous motions designed to waste the time of the alleged debtor and cause him to withdraw his sanctions request. Now before the court is the latest of these motions, a motion from petitioner Howard Leventhal to…
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