Legal Opinion
In Re Sandra Bryson, Debtor, the Law Offices of Peter Francis Geraci v. Sandra Bryson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 28, 1997No. 96-3620PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Imbedded in a controversy between Sandra Bryson, who was looking for a lawyer to represent her in a bankruptcy proceeding, and Peter Geraei, the head of the law firm Bryson initially contacted, is a question of bankruptcy procedure: whether the 10-day period for filing an appeal under Bankruptcy Rule 8002 is tolled if a timely motion to reconsider (which would otherwise toll the time for appeal) is resolved by an order withdrawing it, rather than in some other way. The district court concluded that the motion failed to satisfy the tolling requirement because it…
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