Legal Opinion

In Re Metro Shippers, Inc.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided August 5, 1986No. 19-10344PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EMIL F. GOLDHABER, Chief Judge:

In a case of first impression in this district, the first of two major questions for resolution is whether an election for a trustee in a chapter 7 case may be upset because an attorney at law arguably violated the bar to the solicitation of proxies and allegedly also, as a holder of multiple proxies, did not file with the clerk of the court a list of proxies and a statement of the pertinent circumstances surrounding the acquisition of those proxies. The second question is whether the election may be overturned on the basis that the first meeting of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Fred Engelhardt, D/B/A Engelhardt's Camera Store v. Bell & Howell Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
  2. Waldschmidt v. Siva Truck Leasing, Inc. (In Re Lang Cartage Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1982
  3. In Re Hale Desk Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
  4. Matter of GIC Government Securities, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 1985

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. In Re PoageUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · 1988
  2. Matter of Lindell Drop Forge Co.United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Michigan · 1990
  3. In Re Cohoes Industrial Terminal, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1988
  4. Varalli v. PTL Intermodal (In Re Metro Shippers, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Zimmerman v. Saviello (In Re Metro Shippers, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987

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