Legal Opinion
Monarch Life Insurance v. Ropes & Gray
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 13, 1995No. 94-2173, 94-2200PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
Following an unsuccessful intermediate appeal to the district court, Monarch Life Insurance Co. (“Monarch Life”) continues to press its challenge to a bankruptcy court order enjoining its prosecution of a legal malpractice action in Massachusetts Superior Court against its former counsel, the law firm of Ropes & Gray. The bankruptcy court determined that the Monarch Life action violated a permanent injunction incorporated in the confirmed reorganization plan of its parent corporation, Monarch Capital Corporation (“Monarch Capital”). We now affirm the district court on the…
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