Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Farmers Home Administration v. Erickson Partnership (In re Erickson Partnership)
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 7, 1988No. 87-5348PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
The issue before us is whether a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, already pending at the time Chapter 12 became effective, can be converted to a Chapter 12 proceeding. The Bankruptcy Judges, United States Trustees and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986, Pub.L. No. 99-554, 100 Stat. 3088, creating Chapter 12, expressly provides that such cases may not be converted. The bankruptcy court and district court allowed the conversion. Farmers Home Administration, a creditor, appeals and we must reverse.
*1069The Erickson Partnership, whose partners were individual farmers, and Ronald…
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