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IN RE DYER

Nos. 01-56319, 01-56384.

322 F.3d 1178 (2003)

In re Thomas James DYER, Debtor. Nancy Knupfer, Trustee, Appellant, v. John Lindblade, Appellee. In re Thomas James Dyer, Debtor, John Lindblade, Appellant, v. Nancy Knupfer, Trustee, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 13, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon Z. Weiss and Deborah H. Eisen, Weinstein, Eisen & Weiss, Los Angeles, CA, for the Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Patricia A. Teunisse, Carole M. Pitre, Pitre & Teunisse, San Dimas, CA, for the Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Before CANBY, JR., GOULD and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

This case presents an important bankruptcy law question of first impression in this circuit: Does the sanction authority granted to bankruptcy courts under 11 U.S.C. § 105(a) permit punitive sanctions? Before reaching that question, we address several other issues arising from the bankruptcy proceedings of Thomas Dyer ("Dyer"), the ex-husband of Jeanie Lindblade ("Jeanie").

Dyer and Jeanie owned a house together...

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