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IN RE DUQUE

No. 83-2332-CIV-ALH.

48 B.R. 965 (1984)

In re Alberto DUQUE, Debtor.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

November 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Thomas Farrar, Holland & Knight, Miami, Fla., Goldstein & Manello, Boston, Mass., for appellants.

David M. Levine, Miami, Fla., for appellee.

OPINION AND ORDER ON APPEAL

HASTINGS, District Judge.

This bankruptcy appeal presents the question whether a Chapter 11 debtor-inpossession may employ and use estate funds to pay criminal counsel in connection with federal investigation and potential defense of criminal charges against the debtor arising out of pre-bankruptcy activities. The Court concludes that estate funds may not be so used and reverses the order...

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