Legal Opinion
In Re Cult Awareness Network, Inc.
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 14, 1997No. 19-00778PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION
RONALD BARLIANT, Bankruptcy Judge.
The Chapter 7 Trustee moved to abandon assets of the estate consisting of the Debt- or’s files. The files have value because they contain information about various religious organizations. The files are also a burden because they also contain the names of individuals who have threatened to sue the Trastee if those names are disclosed. The Trustee determined that the financial burden outweighs the value of these assets to the estate and moved to abandon the files. The Court concluded that he was acting within the scope of his…
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