Legal Opinion
Korley Sears v. Rhett Sears
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 18, 2017No. 15-3352PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
Korley Sears, a Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession, appeals a decision of the district court 1 affirming the bankruptcy court’s 2 grant of summary judgment for several creditors. The judgment allowed proofs of claim totaling over $5.2 million. We conclude that there is no merit to Korl'ey’s several objections, so we affirm.
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In 2007, a group of relatives and related entities owned a significant portion of the shares of a company called AFY, Inc. We refer to these parties—Rhett Sears, the Rhett R, Sears Revocable Trust, Ronald Sears, the Ron H. Sears Trust, and Dane…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Pepper v. LittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Dove-Nation v. eCast Settlement Corp. (In Re Dove-Nation)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
- Contemporary Industries Corp. v. FrostCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
- Second Pennsylvania Real Estate Corp. v. Papercraft Corp. (In Re Papercraft Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1991
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3Cited by16 opinions
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