In Re: Wayne E. Bell, Jr., Debtor. Wayne E. Bell, Jr. v. Deborah Bell

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2000-09-20

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MORAN, Senior District Judge (dissenting). The majority holds today that the trustee and creditors in a Chapter 7 case have fewer rights if the case was initiated by an individual under Chapter 11 and then converted (voluntarily or involuntarily) to Chapter 7 than they would have if the case had been originally filed under Chapter 7. Relying on the debatable maxim of statutory construction, expressio unius…

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