Publication Date: 2012-12-04
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Date Filed: 2012-12-04
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Marsha J. Pechman, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judge, and Raner C. Collins, District Judge.*
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Arthur Paleveda; Law Offices of Nicholas Paleveda MBA J.D. LL.M, Bellingham, Washington, for Appellant.
for defendant: Denice Moewes; Wood & Jones, Seattle, Washington, for Appellee.
Alan Vanderhoff; Vanderhoff Law Group, San Diego, California, for Amicus Curiae Alan Vanderhoff.
G. Eric Brunstad, Jr.; Dechert LLP, Hartford, Connecticut, for Amicus Curiae G. Eric Brunstad, Jr.
Seth P. Waxman and Craig Goldblatt; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae S. Todd Brown, G. Marcus Cole, Ronald D. Rotunda, and Todd J. Zywicki.
John Anthony Edwards Pottow; University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Amicus Curiae John Anthony Edwards Pottow.
Roberta Ann Colton; Trenam Kemker Attorneys, Tampa,
Florida, for Amicus Curiae the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar.
Paul D. Moore; Duane Morris LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for Amici Curiae New CH YMC Acquisition LLC, Yellowstone Mountain Club, LLC, and Yellowstone Development, LLC.
Lynne F. Riley; Riley Law Group LLC, Boston, Massachusetts; and Jessica D. Gabel; Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees.
Nathaniel Garrett; Jones Day, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae Jones Day.
Sarang Vijay Damle and Robert Loeb; U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae United States of America.
Douglas Hallward-Driemeier; Ropes & Gray, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Marcia M. Tingley.
Christopher Conant; Conant Law LLC, Denver, Colorado, for Amicus Curiae Timothy L. Blixseth.
David Anthony Gaston; Law Offices of David Anthony Gaston, San Diego, California; and Edward Silverman; Sandler Lasry Laube Byer & Valdez, LLP, San Diego, California, for Amici Curiae Alejandro Diaz-Barba and Martha Margarita Barba de la Torre.
Matthew Rutledge Schultz and Christopher Daniel Sullivan; Trepel Greenfield Sullivan & Draa LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae Concerned Chapter 7 and 11 Trustees and Plan Administrators.
Case Number: No. 11-35162
Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 13275In the Matter of: BELLINGHAM INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., Debtor,EXECUTIVE BENEFITS INSURANCE AGENCY, Appe