Legal Opinion
In the Matter Of: Rimsat, Ltd., Debtor. Paul E. Underwood, Trustee v. Carl B. Hilliard, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 21, 1996No. 95-3916, 96-1212 and 96-1505PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Paul Underwood, trustee in bankruptcy of Rimsat, Ltd., brought an adversary proceeding in bankruptcy against Carl Hilliard, who appeals from three orders entered in that proceeding. Rimsat had been formed in 1992 to provide satellite communications (using Russian equipment) to Tonga and other islands in the South Pacific. Most of its investors are Malaysian. It was incorporated in the Federation of St. Christopher and Nevis (also known as the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis), a Caribbean nation that belongs to the British Commonwealth. (Horatio Nelson, later Admiral…
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