Enos v. DeHart (In Re Metropolitan Metals, Inc.)

OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN J. THOMAS, Bankruptcy Judge.

The Metropolitan Metals, Inc. (“Metropolitan”) bankruptcy was filed under the Bankruptcy Act of 1898 and began as an involuntary petition filed March 29, 1979. The case has spawned various issues dealing with recusal and disqualification currently pending before this court and are dealt with herein.

The case was originally referred by the district court to Bankruptcy Judges Thomas C. Gibbons and Thomas Wood. On August 9, 1982, the Honorable Robert J. Woodside began serving as bankruptcy judge, sitting in the Harrisburg division, succeeding…