In the Matter of Betty A. Linton, Also Known as Betty A. Lasiter, Debtor. Appeal of Betty A. Lasiter and Richard L. Scharpf

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1998-03-17

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POSNER, Chief Judge. We are asked to decide in what circumstances a trustee in bankruptcy may be sued in state court for actions that he, undertook in his role as trustee. Betty Lasiter filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code in the bankruptcy court in Indianapolis in 1993, and the court appointed Paul Gresk as trustee. Shortly after hi…

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