Legal Opinion
In re LHC, LLC
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 16, 2013No. 13 B 7001PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DONALD R. CASSLING, Bankruptcy Judge.
When the owner of a Chapter 11 debtor is also the chief customer of that debtor, does the owner’s dual role automatically constitute “cause” for appointing a Chapter 11 trustee under 11 U.S.C. § 1104(a)(1)? The Debtor’s largest secured creditor, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., urges this Court to answer that question in the affirmative. Wells Fargo also insists that even if the Court’s answer is no, the owner should still be replaced with a Chapter 11 trustee because the owner has allegedly (1) proven itself incompetent to operate or reorganize…
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