Settle v. Settle’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 3 state decisions

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1. ““The court is constrained to observe that here we have a bankrupt, John Alden Settle, Jr. who has meticulously planned, prior to March 30, 1979, how to secrete his assets from his creditors and the trustee in bankruptcy, by arranging for storage facilities for his valuable personal property ... resorting to the use of an alias ..., hoping that he could this way elude detection and discovery on this secreted property. The bankrupt claims ‘irreparable harm by virtue of the court’s ex-parte orders permitting the trustee to collect this secreted property.’ By virtue of these ex-parte orders, the trustee was able to corral this valuable property and avoid ‘irreparable harm to his creditors.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Espiefs v. Settle

2. “Needless to say, we also are not persuaded by the defendant’s alleged concern for the protection of the trustee’s or creditors’ rights and find that it is simply a sham designed to interfere with the orderly process of litigation. We award the plaintiff attorney’s fees in the amount of $300 under our Rule 23.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Espiefs v. Settle