- FRBP
In re Gordon
Jan
04
2013
Ruling
Rule 9011 did not apply to allegedly defamatory statement against trustee in letter from bank and counsel to U.S. Attorney's Office.
Procedural posture
Debtor filed a petition under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, and a trustee was appointed to administer the debtor's case. The trustee asked the court to impose sanctions on a bank and its counsel, pursuant to 11 U.S.C.S. § 105, claiming that the bank and its counsel impugned his character in a motion they filed with the court and in letters they wrote.
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