Legal Opinion
In re Zenga
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 17, 2017No. Nos. 16-8022/8023PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GUY R. HUMPHREY, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judge.
Creditor Ivan Qi (“Qi”) filed involuntary petitions against husband and wife, Vin*344cent and Robin Zenga (the “Zengas”).1 The Zengas filed a motion to dismiss the involuntary petition in each of their respective cases, arguing that 11 U.S.C. § 303(b)(1) required a minimum of three petitioning creditors to institute an involuntary bankruptcy against them because they each had 12 or more creditors. At the hearing on the motions, Qi argued that the Zengas were estopped from asserting that they had more than 11 creditors because in response to…
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