Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Betty A. Linton, Also Known as Betty A. Lasiter, Debtor. Appeal of Betty A. Lasiter and Richard L. Scharpf
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 17, 1998No. 97-2214PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
We are asked to decide in what circumstances a trustee in bankruptcy may be sued in state court for actions that he, undertook in his role as trustee. Betty Lasiter filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code in the bankruptcy court in Indianapolis in 1993, and the court appointed Paul Gresk as trustee. Shortly after his appointment he filed an adversary action against Lasiter, her sons, and Richard Scharpf, claiming that a chain of transactions in which Lasiter had in 1989 sold her home to a trust for the sons and leased it back from…
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