Legal Opinion

In re: Ara Markosian and Anait Markosian

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit

Decided March 12, 2014No. NC-13-1339-JuKiDPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JURY, Bankruptcy Judge.

Ara and Anait Markosian (collectively, Debtors) filed a chapter 7 1 petition which they converted to chapter 11 and then reconverted to chapter 7. After reconversion to chapter 7, Mr. Markosian received a bonus from his employer of over $102,000 for services rendered while the chapter 11 case was pending. Debtors turned over the bonus to appellant, Carol W. Wu, the chapter 7 trustee, and filed a motion to compel the trustee to return it to Debtors. The bankruptcy court granted Debtors’ motion, finding that although the bonus constituted earnings and were property of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Brown v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. In Re Edward R. Fitzsimmons, Debtor. Edward R. Fitzsimmons v. Edward M. Walsh, Trustee, and Official Creditors' CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
  3. Magallanes v. Williams (In Re Magallanes)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
  4. Samson v. Western Capital Partners, LLC (In re Blixseth)Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
  5. In Re John Douglas SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In re JohnsonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · 2016
  2. Rogers v. Freeman (In re Freeman)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 2015
  3. Meier v. KatzDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2016
  4. In re MeierUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2015
  5. In re GorniakUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2016

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