- 11 U.S.C.
In re Tomlinson
Apr
19
2006
Ruling
Court held that bankruptcy petition preparers engaged in the unauthorized practice of law and made false and misleading representations.
Procedural posture
Petitioners, a debtor and her chapter 7 trustee, jointly moved to withdraw the reference of a bankruptcy case from a bankruptcy court to a district court in order to enforce two of the bankruptcy court's orders, which determined and certified that respondents, the debtor's bankruptcy petition preparers, owed damages and fees for violating 11 U.S.C. § 110(h)(2). The preparers opposed the motions.
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