Legal Opinion
Bankr. L. Rep. P 70,572 in Re Anthony R. Martin-Trigona, Debtor. Antonio Schlehan v. Olympic Worldwide Communications, Inc., Richard Belford, Trustee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 3, 1985No. 424, Docket 84-5057PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
The subject of this appeal is a Fifth Avenue condominium in New York City. The question raised is whether this valuable property was an asset of a bankruptcy estate. Without deciding that point, a district court ordered that a contract between a record owner and a contract purchaser be specifically performed. The appealing owner claims that the court below incorrectly assumed that 28 U.S.C. § 1471 (1982) empowered it to order specific performance of a contract of sale without first resolving the ownership status of the condominium. Appellant further contends that the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,552 International Controls Corp. v. Robert L. Vesco, and Vesco & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by30 opinions
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