Legal Opinion

In Re: Anne L. O'DOwD Anne L. O'DOwD v. Howard C. Trueger David B. Biunno Vincent D. Commisa Marisa A. Taormina Biunno, Commisa and Taormina, P.C

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided November 28, 2000No. 99-5479PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves two separate legal malpractice actions filed after the commencement of the bankruptcy case. The parties do not dispute that the first of the two actions constitutes property of the bankruptcy estate. The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether the second, successive malpractice action is also property of the estate. The appellant, Anne L. O’Dowd, claims that since the second malpractice action did not accrue until four years after the bankruptcy filing, it is personal property and does not belong to the bankruptcy…

2Cases cited16 opinions

Butner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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Aquilino v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
Segal v. RochelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by59 opinions

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