Legal Opinion
Rubin v. Belo Broadcasting Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1985No. 84-5675PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Rubin appeals the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of his answer to a petition for involuntary bankruptcy as a sanction for his conduct during discovery. We reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
Tom Rubin operates a media consulting firm and advertising agency under the name of Tom Rubin & Associates. On February 19, 1981, several broadcasting companies (“Creditors”) filed a petition for involuntary bankruptcy against Rubin, alleging that he generally was not paying his debts as they came due. See 11 U.S.C. § 303 (1982) (amended by the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of…
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