IN RE LAS COLINAS DEV. CORP.

No. 78-1148.

585 F.2d 7 (1978)

In re LAS COLINAS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Debtor. Vigdor SCHREIBMAN et al., Appellants, v. WALTER E. HELLER & COMPANY OF PUERTO RICO and Walter E. Heller & Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vigdor Schreibman, on brief, for appellants.

Edward I. Cutler, John K. Olson, and Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P. A., Tampa, Fla., on brief, for Walter E. Heller & Co. of Puerto Rico and Walter E. Heller & Co., appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

The central issue in this case can be stated simply: Does the nonlawyer president and majority stockholder (94%) of a corporation have a right to represent the corporation in all stages of a Chapter XI bankruptcy proceeding?

Appellants, Las Colinas Development Corporation (Development) and Vigdor Schreibman, appeal from a ruling of the bankruptcy court, affirmed by the district court, that Schreibman could not represent Development....

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