In Re Lee

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that, absent appropriate consent, a law firm may not represent both a corporation and its sole shareholder in related chapter 11 cases
• stating that the same counsel may not represent two bankruptcy estates where there exists pre-petition transfers of assets from one debtor to the other in a transaction that is not at arms length
• “[t]he unsanctioned representation of conflicting interests is one of the most serious sins that a lawyer can commit”
• counsel could not represent both the corporation and its principal shareholder in each respective bankruptcy case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

36 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re Granite Partners, L.P.
  S.D. New York· 1998-03-09· cited 68×
• In Re EWC, Inc.
  W.D. Oklahoma· 1992-03-18· cited 65×
• In Re Hathaway Ranch Partnership
  C.D. California· 1990-06-26· cited 49×
• In Re Envirodyne Industries, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1993-03-03· cited 43×
• In Re Rusty Jones, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1991-12-09· cited 42×
• In Re Amdura Corp.
  D. Colorado· 1990-07-19· cited 41×
• I.G. Petroleum, L.L.C. v. Fenasci (In Re West Delta Oil Co.)
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-12-01· cited 40×
• In Re Diamond Mortg. Corp. of Illinois
  N.D. Illinois· 1990-11-27· cited 32×
• In Re E.F. Hutton Southwest Properties II, Ltd.
  N.D. Texas· 1989-07-17· cited 31×
• In Re Swansea Consolidated Resources, Inc.
  D. Rhode Island· 1993-06-07· cited 25×
• First Interstate Bank of Nevada, N.A. v. CIC Investment Corp. (In Re CIC Investment Corp.)
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-01-24· cited 21×
• In Re Mercury
  S.D. New York· 2002-05-30· cited 16×
• In Re Al Gelato Continental Desserts, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1989-03-17· cited 16×
• In Re Huddleston
  E.D. Texas· 1990-09-28· cited 14×
• In Re Rivers
  N.D. Georgia· 1994-06-02· cited 14×
• Kun v. Mansdorf (In Re Woodcraft Studios, Inc.)
  N.D. California· 2011-12-22· cited 13×
• In Re Black Hills Greyhound Racing Ass'n
  D. South Dakota· 1993-03-25· cited 11×
• In Re TMA Associates, Ltd.
  D. Colorado· 1991-07-28· cited 11×
• Sturgeon State Bank v. Perkey (In Re Perkey)
  W.D. Missouri· 1996-04-15· cited 9×
• In re Persaud
  E.D. New York· 2013-01-30· cited 8×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re Roberts
  D. Utah· 1985-02-04· cited 200×
• In the Matter of Arlan's Department Stores, Inc., Debtor
  Second Circuit· 1979-11-05· cited 140×
• In Re Roberts
  D. Utah· 1987-06-08· cited 138×
• In Re Coastal Equities, Inc.
  S.D. California· 1984-03-30· cited 75×
• In Re Freedom Solar Center, Inc., Debtor. Paulette P. Parker, Trustee v. Robert G. Frazier
  First Circuit· 1985-11-05· cited 63×
• In Re Chou-Chen Chemicals, Inc.
  W.D. Kentucky· 1983-07-19· cited 59×
• Roger J. Au & Son, Inc. v. Aetna Insurance (In Re Roger J. Au & Son, Inc.)
  N.D. Ohio· 1986-06-11· cited 50×
• Andrew v. Coopersmith (In Re Downtown Investment Club III)
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-06-28· cited 45×
• Gill v. Sierra Pacific Construction, Inc. (In Re Parkway Calabasas Ltd.)
  C.D. California· 1988-08-12· cited 44×
• In Re McKinney Ranch Associates
  C.D. California· 1986-06-19· cited 34×
• In Re Star Broadcasting, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 1988-01-22· cited 32×
• In Re O'Connor
  W.D. Oklahoma· 1985-09-20· cited 30×
• In Re Michigan General Corp.
  N.D. Texas· 1987-09-16· cited 28×
• Diamond Lumber, Inc. v. Unsecured Creditors' Committee of Diamond Lumber, Inc.
  N.D. Texas· 1988-06-16· cited 19×
• In Re Glenn Electric Sales Corp.
  D. New Jersey· 1988-08-02· cited 18×
• In Re Johore Investment Co. (U.S.A.)
  D. Hawaii· 1985-03-28· cited 6×