Legal Opinion
Mortgage Mart, Inc. v. Rechnitzer (In Re Chisum)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 23, 1986No. BAP CC-85-1118-MeMoVPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES W. MEYERS, Bankruptcy Judge:
I
A creditor, Mortgage Mart, Inc. (“Creditor”), brought this suit against the Debtor, Toney Chisum, and his attorney, Julia Coleman, claiming that their repeated bankruptcy filings required the Bankruptcy Court to award sanctions, punitive damages and attorney’s fees in favor of the Creditor. The Bankruptcy Court ruled in favor of the defendants and the Creditor now appeals.
We AFFIRM.
II
FACTS
On February 22, 1983, the Debtor, through his attorney Coleman, filed his first bankruptcy petition under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code (“Code”). The Debtor…
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