Legal Opinion
United States v. Lewis A. Zipkin
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1984No. 83-3042PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Defendant Lewis A. Zipkin, an attorney, was indicted and convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 153 1 by knowingly and fraudulently appropriating to his own use $6,000 belonging to Greenwood Village, Incorporated, a bankrupt estate for whom Zipkin was serving as receiver. We conclude that the district judge improperly permitted opinion testimony of a bankruptcy judge on a question of law to be introduced at trial. We further hold that the district judge erred in permitting the bankruptcy judge to interpret an order he issued in a bankruptcy proceeding. The…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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