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Seaver v. Burwell Family Ltd. Partnership & RHFP, LLC (In Re Burwell)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 7, 2008No. 08-6004MNPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAHONEY, Bankruptcy Judge.

Two partnerships appeal the bankruptcy court’s entry of a default judgment which determined that they were the alter ego of the Debtor and which ordered the assets of the partnerships to be included in the bankruptcy estate. We affirm.1

BACKGROUND

John R. Burwell filed a Chapter 7 petition on October 4, 2006, and on January 12, 2007, the Trustee filed a complaint against Burwell, Burwell Family Limited Partnership (“BFLP”), Albert Kelly, Jr., and RHFP, LLC. On June 5, 2007, the Trustee filed an amended complaint. Counts I, II, and III are most relevant to this appeal…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Dataphase Systems, Inc. v. C L Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  2. Curtis B. Danning, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Fenton, Lavine & Co., a Partnership v. Beau Berlinski LavineCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
  3. Alan Neuman Productions, Inc. v. Jere AlbrightCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
  4. Johnson v. Dayton Electric Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
  5. United States of America, on Behalf of and for the Use of Time Equipment Rental & Sales, Inc. v. Gary L. Harre, Yancey Lamar AnthonyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Southern Bancorp South v. Richmond (In Re Richmond)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Arkansas · 2010
  2. McDermott v. Crabtree (In re Crabtree)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 2016
  3. Ballstaedt v. Curtis (In re Ballstaedt)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa · 2013
  4. In re: David Roger Christenson, Debtor.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 2026
  5. Seaver v. Burwell Family Ltd. Partnership & RHFP, LLC (In Re Burwell)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2008

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