Legal Opinion
City Sanitation, LLC v. Allied Waste Services of Massachusetts, LLC
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 31, 2011No. 10-2284PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is the culmination of a pitched battle between two waste-disposal firms, squabbling over the carcass of a third. The littered battlefield brings to mind the familiar adage that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
Telling the tale requires us to resolve questions of standing to prosecute claims arising out of a bankruptcy; questions of first impression as to the distinction between “commercial tort claims” and “proceeds” and as to the force and effect of Bankruptcy Rule 8006; and a question anent the fairness of a negotiated settlement. After careful…
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