Legal Opinion

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. Wenberg (In Re Wenberg)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 13, 1988No. BAP Nos. CC-87-2255-MoVMe, CC-88-1047, Bankruptcy No. SAX 87-00668 JR, Ref. No. M7-0824 JRPublishedCited by 69 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MOOREMAN, Bankruptcy Judge:

In appeal No. CC 88-1047, appellants (debtors) argue that an award of “attorney’s fees and costs” arising out of an adversary action in a Texas bankruptcy case should not be considered a “liquidated debt” pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 109(e). Accordingly, the debtors seek reversal of the bankruptcy court’s determination that their list of “liquidated,” unsecured debts exceeded the $100,000 statutory limit of § 109(e).

In the companion case arising from the same bankruptcy proceedings (No. CC 87-2255), the debtors appeal the bankruptcy court’s order dismissing their…

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