In Re Delorean Motor Company, Debtor. David W. Allard, Jr. v. Howard L. Weitzman, an Individual

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• holding that the Barton Doctrine applied to claims against the trustee’s counsel for abuse of process and malicious prosecution
• “[A] complaint must contain either direct or inferential allegations respecting all the material elements to sustain a recovery under some viable legal theory.”
• “Merely collecting, taking steps to preserve, and/or holding assets, as well as other aspects of administering and liquidating the estate, do not constitute ‘carrying on business’ as that term has been judicially interpreted.”
• “The protection . . . afford[ed] the 14 USCA11 Case: 20-12576 Date Filed: 06/15/2021 Page: 15 of 20 Trustee . . . would be meaningless if it could be avoided by simply suing the Trustee’s attorneys.”

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