Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agriculture & the United States Trustee v. Schilling
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 8, 2004No. Nos. 02-6212, 02-6213, 02-6338, 02-6340, 02-6341, 02-6344, 02-6347PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
At issue in this case are the duties of disinterest and disclosure of an examiner appointed to facilitate a reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The issues arise from the appointment of J. Baxter Schilling to serve as the examiner in the reorganization of Big Rivers Electric Corporation, which was unable to meet obligations on $1.2 billion in debt and whose September 1996 bankruptcy petition represented the largest Chapter 11 case filed in Kentucky history.
As an examiner, Schilling did much to advance the successful reorganization of Big Rivers,…
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