Legal Opinion
In Re Aston-Nevada Ltd. Partnership
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nevada
Decided January 25, 2006No. 19-50113PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION REGARDING SANCTIONS
BRUCE A. MARKELL, Bankruptcy Judge.
This matter is before the court on an order to show cause as to why the law firm of Harris Merritt Chapman, Ltd. (HMC) and one of its partners, Scott E. Chapman, should not be sanctioned for their actions in this case. After extensive briefing and one-half day of testimony, the court concludes that the lawyers’ conduct is this case was aggressively reckless as well as being suffused with bad faith. The court therefore orders sanctions as set forth below.
I. Summary of Case
Aston-Nevada Limited Partnership, the debtor in this case,…
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