Lynch v. Winslow (In re Winslow)

ORDER

JAMES C. DEVER III, Chief Judge.

This ease involves whether a third party auctioneer is an “insider” of the debtors under 11 U.S.C. § 101(31). Third parties having a certain, statutorily defined relationship with a debtor are considered “statutory insiders” under section 101(31) and may not provide professional services to the debtor. However, due to section 101(31)’s use of the word “includes,” the definition of statutory insiders is not exclusive. Accordingly, and semantically odd, third parties having a sufficiently close relationship with a debtor are considered “non-statutory…