In the Matter of Met-L-Wood Corporation, Debtor. Appeal of Constantine John Gekas, Trustee. Constantine John Gekas, Trustee v. Frederick L. Pipin

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• holding that bankruptcy court’s order confirming judicial sale or a debtor’s estate was a final, appealable order
• holding that “the order confirming the sale of assets under § 363 of the Bankruptcy Code was a final appealable order that could not be attacked by a separate suit”
• holding res judicata barred RICO suit following bankruptcy court’s order confirming a sale of the debtor’s assets
• holding that a bankruptcy trustee was barred from filing a RICO suit against a bankruptcy debtor and others involved in an asset sale because it was a “thinly disguised collateral attack on the [bankruptcy court’s] judgment confirming the sale”
• holding res judicata barred RICO suit following bankruptcy court's order confirming a sale of the debtor's assets
• noting only that ex parte contact by a judge is not fraud on the court

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