In re Richey

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KENNETH J. MEYERS, Bankruptcy Judge.

The parties to this proceeding are not strangers. In fact, they have quite a history of litigation with one another. The issue this Court must decide involves litigation which began in 1975 when John R. Hieber, Frank Hieber and Leo Culligan (plaintiffs) brought suit in Cook County Circuit Court against A.A. Richey and Gladys Richey (defendants). The suit was brought against defendants both individually and doing business as Double A Oil Producers, Inc. (Double A) for allegedly inducing plaintiffs to invest money in Double A based on…