Otasco, Inc. v. Mohawk Rubber Co.

PAUL J. KELLY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Mohawk Tire and Rubber (Mohawk) appeals the district court’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of its claims against Otasco and Ameritrust on collateral estoppel grounds. After the district court issued its order, Mohawk filed a timely motion for rehearing pursuant to Bankr.R. 8015. Ameritrust then successfully moved to strike the motion, based on a local rule in the Northern District of Oklahoma purporting to eliminate the filing of motions for rehearing without leave of the district court.1 The local rule on which the district court relied…