Legal Opinion
In Re Wesley G. Harline, Debtor. David L. Gladwell, Trustee v. Wesley G. Harline
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 5, 1991No. 90-4157PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves in an unusual context an important legal issue — whether a beneficial interest in a profit sharing trust is part of a debtor’s estate under 11 U.S.C. § 541 available to satisfy creditors’ claims. 1
Wesley G. Harline (Dr. Harline) filed a petition in bankruptcy for reorganization of his affairs under Chapter 11, which was later converted to a Chapter 7 proceeding. He did not list as an asset of his estate his beneficial interest in a profit sharing trust of the Weber Clinic, Inc. On discovering the existence of that interest bankruptcy trustee David L.…
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