Legal Opinion
Adell v. John Richards Homes Building Co. (In re John Richards Homes Building Co.)
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided July 16, 2012No. Bankruptcy Case No. 02-54689; Civil Case No. 12-cv-10506PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AFFIRMING IN PART AND REVERSING IN PART THE BANKRUPTCY COURT’S ORDER
STEPHEN J. MURPHY, III, District Judge.
This appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (“Michigan Bankruptcy Court”) comes at the closing stages of a complex legal battle that began when Kevin Adell filed an involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition against John Richard Homes Building Co., LLC (“JRH”) in 2002. At issue is whether the Michigan Bankruptcy Court abused its discretion in entering a $4.65 million judgment against Adell for (1) the attorney fees and costs *588JRH has…
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