Childress v. Middleton Arms, L.P. (In re Middleton Arms, Ltd. Partnership)

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

The defendants, Middleton Arms, L.P., Haystack, Ltd., Maple Canyon, L.P., and Cinnamon Ridge, L.P., (debtors) appeal the District Court’s order reversing the Bankruptcy Court’s decision which had approved the debtors’ applications for authority to employ a real estate agent, Jacques-Miller, Inc., for the sale of debtor property. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the District Court’s order.

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Each of the debtors owns apartment projects at different locations in the South and Midwest. Each debtor is a limited partnership in which Freeman Properties, Inc. is a corporate…