Legal Opinion
In Re Jazz Photo Corp.
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey
Decided August 3, 2004No. 11-39520PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MORRIS STERN, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. Background
Sanctions are sought against both a creditor and its counsel who are accused of filing and pursuing, out of ill-will and without reasonable factual underpinnings, a motion to have a Chapter 11 trustee appointed.
Jazz Photo Corp. (“Jazz”) and its operating principal, Jack Benun, 1 were driven into Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases by an unrelenting creditor-competitor, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (“Fuji”). The critical and immediately precipitating event causing the debtors’ filings in this court was the entry of a judgment against them for…
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