Legal Opinion
Harris v. Wittman
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 21, 2009No. 07-56310PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEA, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Jean Leonard Harris (“Harris”) was the petitioner-debtor in a now-closed Chapter 7 bankruptcy case. Here, he sued the bankruptcy trustee and other estate representatives for breach of contract. Harris alleges the bankruptcy trustee and her agents breached a contract that was entered into during the course of his underlying bankruptcy case and was directly related to the administration of bankruptcy estate assets.
This appeal requires us to answer whether the bankruptcy court had subject matter jurisdiction over this state law breach of contract claim, and whether…
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