United States Eighth Circuit

Award of sanctions imposed on a bankruptcy petitioner's attorney is vacated where the bankruptcy court properly found that the attorney violated a bankruptcy rule by filing a bankruptcy petition without consulting the debtor, but abused its discretion as to the sanctions imposed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/09/2006
• Published 01/09/2006

Judges

• BEAM, Circuit Judge., Before ARNOLD, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ross H. Briggs, argued, St. Louis, MO. (Attorny representing himself).


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Diana S. Daugherty of St. Louis, MO.