Rieser v. Baudendistel (In Re Buckeye Countrymark, Inc.)

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• holding that bankruptcy trustee is separate legal entity from debtor
• a bankruptcy trustee is not the debtor’s alter ego but a separate legal entity that neither represents the Debtor nor owes the Debtor a fiduciary obligation and whose responsibility is to the bankruptcy estate
• see Liquidation Trustee Br., Dkt 38 at PageID. 1355 and Reid/English Br,, Dkt 39 at PageID.1381, asserting that In re Buckeye is the sole case in the Sixth Circuit addressing the ' exclusion
• a trustee is not the alter ego of the debtor, but rather a “separate legal entity” that owes a fiduciary obligation to the bankruptcy estate and the creditors to whom the estate benefits
• bankruptcy trustee is not the debtor’s alter ego but a separate legal entity that neither represents the Debtor nor owes the Debt- or a fiduciary obligation and whose responsibility is to the bankruptcy estate
• Chapter 7 trustee not the same entity as debtor

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