United States Seventh Circuit

District court reasonably concluded that a bankruptcy petitioner's conduct, while hardly admirable, was not the sort of egregious conduct that warranted dismissal of a bankruptcy petition with prejudice.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/14/2002
• Decided 09/18/2002
• Published 09/18/2002

Judges

• DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Joseph Bainton (argued), Bainton McCarthy & Siegel, New York, NY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jon B. Abels, Jonathan G. Polak (argued), Dann, Pecar, Newman & Kleiman, Indianapolis, IN, for Debtor-Appellee.