Legal Opinion
Ryan v. Loui (In re Corey)
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1989No. Nos. 88-15350, 88-15351, 88-15595 and 88-15778PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
Who owns the Silversword Inn? This seemingly innocuous question has been litigated vigorously for nearly two decades in various bankruptcy proceedings and in the state courts of Hawaii. We resolve this and many other questions today and, in so doing, put an end to a dispute that has consumed a disproportionate share of our legal system’s energy and resources.
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The facts of this case, many of which are set forth in greater detail in our earlier opinion, Ellis v. Corey (In re Ellis), 674 F.2d 1238 (9th Cir.1982), are largely not in dispute. In March 1971, William Ellis,…
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