United States Fourth Circuit

Having reduced its claims to judgment, a creditor was eligible to file an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the debtor; since no substantial factual or legal questions were raised as to the continued viability of those judgments, the debts were not the subject of a "bona fide dispute" for purposes of Bankruptcy Code section 303(b).

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/11/2004
• Published 02/11/2004

Judges

• Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and WILKINSON and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Ronald Scott Canter, Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P., Rockville, Maryland, for Appellant Platinum;  James Martin Hoffman, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., Rockville, Maryland, for Appellant Schlossberg.  Ralph T. Byrd, Laytonsville, Maryland, for Appellee.