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· 2/20/1996

In Re Rainbow Magazine, Inc., Debtor. Craig E. Caldwell v. Unified Capital Corp.

Citations

  • 77 F.3d 278
  • 35 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 620
  • 96 Daily Journal DAR 1831
  • 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1085
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 2519
  • 28 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 871
  • 1996 WL 69836

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the bankruptcy court has the same inherent authority ‘that Chambers recognized . . . within Article III courts’
  • observing that the inherent power of bankruptcy courts to sanction “is recognized” in the relevant provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, as opposed to conferred by the statute (emphasis added)
  • recognizing inherent authority of bankruptcy courts to impose sanctions upon non-parties who participate in vexatious litigation conduct
  • holding Chambers v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 32, 43 8] (1991) applies in Bankruptcy Courts of the Ninth Circuit
  • upholding sanctions levied under the court’s inherent powers against corporate debtor’s principal who orchestrated the bad faith filing of the bankruptcy petition
  • upholding sanctions levied under 20 the court’s inherent powers against corporate debtor’s principal 21 who orchestrated the bad faith filing of the bankruptcy 22 petition

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Judges: Hug, Leavy, Muecke

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