IN RE COREY

Nos. 88-15350, 88-15351, 88-15595 and 88-15778.

892 F.2d 829 (1989)

In re Lillian Hagopian COREY, Debtor. Helen B. RYAN, Trustee; Kulalani, Ltd.; Florence A. Ellis; Auna Foundation; William S. Ellis, Jr., Appellants, v. Herbert H.K. LOUI; Alberta K.A. Loui; Lillian Hagopian Corey, Appellees. (Two Cases) William S. ELLIS, Jr., Appellant, v. Lillian Hagopian COREY, Appellee. Helen B. RYAN, Trustee; Florence A. Ellis; Auna Foundation; William S. Ellis, Jr., Appellants, v. Lillian Hagopian COREY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Ellis, Jr., Honolulu, Hawaii, in pro per.

Helen B. Ryan, Honolulu, Hawaii, in pro per.

Walter R. Schoettle, Honolulu, Hawaii, for creditor-appellants.

James N. Duca, Kessner, Duca & Maki, Honolulu, Hawaii, for debtor-appellee.

Ivan M. Lui-Kwan, Presley W. Pang, Honolulu, Hawaii, for appellees Herbert H.K. Loui and Alberta K.A. Loui.

Before SNEED, KOZINSKI and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

Who owns the Silversword Inn? This seemingly innocuous question has been litigated vigorously for nearly two decades in various bankruptcy proceedings and in the state courts of Hawaii. We resolve this and many other questions today and, in so doing, put an end to a dispute that has consumed a disproportionate share of our legal system's energy and resources.

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