Legal Opinion

Local 11500, Communications Workers v. Akridge (In Re Akridge)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 19, 1988No. BAP No. SC 87-1399, Bankruptcy No. 85-00019-P7, Adv. No. C85-0557-M7PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MOOREMAN, Bankruptcy Judge:

By this appeal, the Appellant/Communications Workers of America (“The Union”) seeks to set aside an order by the Bankruptcy Court which imposed sanctions upon the Union for attorney’s fees incurred by the debtor in defending the underlying action. The Union had filed a complaint under § 523(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code alleging that a fine it had imposed upon the debtor was nondischargeable. The Bankruptcy Court granted the debtor’s motion for summary judgment and imposed sanctions in the amount of $2,827.14 pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9011. The Union seeks a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

Richard L. Zaldivar v. City of Los Angeles, and Margaret Salazar, Intervenors-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
In the Matter of the Hawaii Corporation, Debtor. George Q. Cannon v. The Hawaii Corp., by John T. Goss, Trustee for the Estate of the Hawaii Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
Carolyn R. Hurd v. Ralphs Grocery Company, and United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local No. 324Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
Hudson v. Moore Business Forms, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
Communications Workers, Local No. 11500 v. Akridge (In Re Akridge)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. California · 1987

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3Cited by12 opinions

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Fox v. Shervin (In Re Shervin)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1990
Cablevision Systems Corp. v. Cohen (In Re Cohen)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1990
Bairstow v. Sullivan (In Re Sullivan)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1996

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