Legal Opinion
In Re Les Deville, Debtor. In Re Steven J. Dagget, Debtor. In Re Daniel Miller, Debtor. Daniel Miller, Jr. Arlo Hale Smith v. Noreen Cardinale
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 15, 2004No. 19-70323PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POLLAK, District Judge.
This appeal from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) presents challenges to sanctions imposed by the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, of the bankruptcy court on appellants Arlo Hale Smith and Daniel Miller. The sanctions — which were largely sustained by the BAP — were based on appellants’ misconduct in improperly invoking the processes of the bankruptcy court to block the progress of a state court civil action in which Smith was counsel for the defendants, one of whom was Miller. The obstructionist techniques employed by Smith and Miller…
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