Legal Opinion
Fellerman & Cohen Realty Corp. v. Clinical Plus Inc. (In Re Hirschhorn)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 7, 1993No. 1-19-40538PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
CONRAD B. DUBERSTEIN, Chief Judge.
It is a well-known axiom that the bankruptcy laws are intended to be used as a shield and not as a sword. Shell Oil Co. v. Waldron, 785 F.2d 936, 938 (11th Cir.1986) (quoting In re Penn Cent. Trans. Co., 458 F.Supp. 1346, 1356 (E.D.Pa.1978)), cert. dismissed, 478 U.S. 1028, 106 S.Ct. 3343, 92 L.Ed.2d 763 (1986); In re Lee Road Partners, 155 B.R. 55, 64 (Bankr.E.D.N.Y.1993) (quoting Friarton Estates Corp. v. City of New York, 65 B.R. 586, 594 (Bankr.S.D.N.Y.1966)). This adversary proceeding presents a classic case in which a Debtor seeks to use the…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Amoco Production Co. v. Village of GambellSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Weinberger v. Romero-BarceloSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Jackson Dairy, Inc. v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Reuters Limited v. United Press International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- In Re Edward J. Waldron, Debtors, Shell Oil Company, Cross-Appellee v. Edward J. Waldron and Elizabeth M. Waldron, His Wife, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- In Re John's Meat Emporium, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1995
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