Legal Opinion
Burger King Corp. v. B-K of Kansas, Inc.
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided August 29, 1986No. Civ. A. 86-2294-SPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SAFFELS, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on the motion of several debtors-in-bankruptcy to “remove” an adversary action filed in the bankruptcy court by one of the debtors’ creditors. The circumstances of this motion, as well as the law in this area, are confused and complex, as will be demonstrated below.
On January 30, 1985, B-K of Kansas, Inc. (a franchisee of Burger King), John Wilkinson, and Marianne Wilkinson (the “debtors”) filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas. On July 17, 1985, Burger…
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