IN RE GERWER

Nos. 88-6317, 89-55533.

898 F.2d 730 (1990)

In re Karl GERWER, Debtor, Marsha L. AUSTEIN; Philip L. Borofka; Jose Hong Tai; Lo Lan Hong Tai; David Cassit; Elana Cassit; William Miller; Isadore Danchik; Pension Trust; Maryann McCampbell; Melisa McCampbell; Maimonides Research Foundation; Gussie Miller; Lois Rosenfeld, Appellants, v. Barry J. SCHWARTZ, Chapter 7 Trustee, Appellee. In re Karl GERWER. Peter G. NESS; Betty E. Ness, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Karl GERWER; Barry J. Schwartz, Chapter 7 Trustee, Defendants, and Marsha L. Austein; Philip L. Borofka; Jose Hong Tai; Lo Lan Hong Tai, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon L. Vickman, Encino, Cal., for appellant Austein.

Barry J. Schwartz, Dumas & Taron, Los Angeles, Cal., and Ira Benjamin Katz, Weiss & Katz, A Professional Corporation, Los Angeles, Cal., for Barry J. Schwartz, Chapter 7 Trustee, defendant-appellee.

Edythe L. Bronston, Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees Ness.

Before FARRIS, BOOCHEVER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

We consolidate two bankruptcy cases. The central issue is one expressly left open in United States v. Whiting Pools, Inc., 462 U.S. 198, 207 n. 14, 103 S.Ct. 2309, 2314 n. 14, 76 L.Ed.2d 515 (1983): whether in a liquidation, as distinguished from a reorganization, the trustee has power to obtain turnover of property from a secured creditor in possession of the property prior to any default...

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