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*This outline is adapted from Chapter 27, Ethical Responsibilities,
Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice 2d (Thomson-West 2005)
Group, Inc., 140 F.3d 463 (3rd Cir. 1998); In re RJ Manufacturing, Inc., 2004 WL 764669 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2004); In re Suncruz Casinos, LLC., 298 B.R. 821 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2003).
48United States v. Aldrich (In re Rigden), 795 F.2d 727 (9th Cir. 1986); In re James River Associates, 156 B.R. 494 (E.D. Va. 1993).
49 In re Campbell-Erskine Apothecary, Inc., 302 B.R. 169 (Bankr. W.D. Pa. 2003).
50In re Consupak, Inc., 87 B.R. 529 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1988); see In re Charlestown Home Furnishing, 150 B.R. 226 (Bankr. E.D. Mo. 1993)(trustee negligent in failing to invest estate funds).
51In re J & J Record Distributing Corp., 80 B.R. 53 (Bankr. E.D. Pa. 1987); but see In re Mondie Forge Co., 154 B.R. 232 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 1993)(state law requirement that interest earned on trust account money may not inure to client); In re Hunt, 196 B.R. 356 (N.D. Tex. 1996)(Code §345 vests investment discretion in trustee and DIP).
52 In re Mushroom Transportation Co., Inc., 247 B.R. 395 (E.D. Pa. 2000).
53In re Mushroom Transportation Co., Inc., 282 B.R. 805 (E.D. Pa. 2002).
54Louisiana World Exposition v. FDIC, 858 F.2d 233 (5th Cir. 1988); see Canadian Pacific Forest Products, Ltd. v. J.D. Irving, Ltd., 66 F.3d 1436 (6th Cir. 1995); In re G-I Holdings, Inc., 313 B.R. 612 (Bankr. D.N.J. 2004); In re Granite Sheet Metal Works, Inc., 159 B.R. 840 (Bankr. S.D. Ill. 1993); In re Microwave Products of America, Inc., 102 B.R. 666 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 1989); see In re United Utensils Corp., 141 B.R. 306 (Bankr. W.D. Pa. 1992)(DIP counsel later employed by trustee to pursue DIP's principals; principals could not assert privilege and counsel had duty to assist trustee in litigation). See note 41.
55 In re Roblin Industries, Inc., 52 B.R. 241 (Bankr. W.D.N.Y. 1985).
56 In re Hampton Hotel Investors, L.P., 270 B.R. 346 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2001).
57 Cusano v. Klein, 264 F.3d 936 (9th Cir. 2001)(list all causes of action that accrued prior to bankruptcy); In re Coastal Plains, Inc., 179 F.3d 197, 207-09 (5th Cir. 1999)(non-disclosure may judically estop estate from pursuing litigation).
58 In re R&R Associates of Hampton, 248 B.R. 1 (Bankr. D. N.H. 2000) subsequent appeal in same adversary, 402 F.3d 257 (1st Cir. 2005).
59In re V Companies, 274 B.R. 721 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 2002).
60 In re Bush Industries, Inc., 315 B.R. 292 (Bankr. W.D.N.Y. 2004).
61In re V. Savino Oil & Heating Co., Inc., 99 B.R. 518 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 1989); In re Sharon Steel Corp., 86 B.R. 455 (Bankr. W.D. Pa. 1988); In re Parker Grande Development, Inc., 64 B.R. 557 (Bankr.
S.D. Ind. 1986); In re Colby Construction Corp., 51 B.R. 113 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1985); In re Van Brunt, 46
B.R. 29 (Bankr. W.D. Wisc. 1984); In re Modern Office Supply, Inc., 28 B.R. 943 (Bankr. W.D. Okla. 1983); In re E. Paul Kovacs and Co., Inc., 16 B.R. 203 (Bankr. D. Conn. 1981). See also Matter of Cajun Elec. Power Co-op, Inc., 69 F.3d 746 (5th Cir. 1995), amended on rehearing, 74 F.3d 599 (5th Cir. 1996)(when cooperative members work at cross-purposes, conflict requires appointment of trustee).
62In re Gregory, 214 B.R. 570 (S.D. Tex. 1997).
63In re Blue Top Family Restaurant, Inc., 110 B.R. 777 (Bankr. W.D. Pa. 1990); In re James Contracting Group, Inc., 120 B.R. 868 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 1990); but see In re Dieringer, 132 B.R. 34 (Bankr. N.D. Cal. 1991) (DIP's attorney is not liable in tort to creditors for mishandling a bankruptcy where estate assets were dissipated, except to the extent his conduct was fraudulent or otherwise intentionally wrongful; court noted that it can sanction the attorney in such a case by virtue of its control over compensation). 64 In re Universal Factoring Co., Inc., 329 B.R. 62 (Bankr. N.D. Okla. 2005) (counsel knew or should have known debtor's business was Ponzi scheme that could not be reorganized); In re Crown Oil, Inc., 257
