Legal Opinion

Empresas Omajede, Inc. v. Bennazar-Zequeira

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided May 24, 2000No. 99-1242PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

This appeal presents a particularly ugly set of facts, in which a divorce and division of conjugal property have given rise to some five bankruptcy proceedings and thirteen adversary proceedings, which together have burdened the bankruptcy court, the district court, and now this Court. We need not reach the merits of the current sanctions dispute, however, because we do not have jurisdiction to consider the present appeal at this time. Furthermore, because we find this appeal to have been frivolously and vexatiously filed, we award costs to the appellees and grant…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Cunningham v. Hamilton CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  3. United States v. Kouri PerezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  4. Appeal of Licht & SemonoffCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
  5. Haskell v. Washington TownshipCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  2. Gerald F. Stanley, Jack Leavitt, Federal Public Defender, Intervenor-Appellee v. Jeanne WoodfordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
  3. Berliner v. Kusek (In re Kusek)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2011
  4. Chimko v. Lucas (In Re Lucas)District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2004
  5. State Ex Rel. Suthers v. Cb Services Corp.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2010

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