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IN RE RUBIN

No. 84-5675.

769 F.2d 611 (1985)

In re Tom RUBIN, dba Tom Rubin & Associates, Debtor. Tom RUBIN, dba Tom Rubin & Associates, Appellant, v. BELO BROADCASTING CORPORATION, dba WFAA TV; Cox Broadcasting Corporation, dba WSB TV; WIIC TV, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cox Broadcasting Corporation; King Broadcasting Company, dba King AM; Miami Broadcasting Corporation, dba KTVU; Gaylord Broadcasting, dba KSTW; Fisher Broadcasting, Inc., dba Komo TV; Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., dba KSTP; Teleco Indiana, Inc., dba WTTV Television; Gaylord Broadcasting Company of Ohio, dba WUAB TV, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Klausner, Herbert Wolas, Robinson, Wolas & Diamant, Kenneth N. Klee, Stutman, Treister & Glatt, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Daniel Slate, Gendel, Raskoff, Shapiro & Quittner, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees.

Before GOODWIN, FLETCHER, and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Rubin appeals the bankruptcy court's dismissal of his answer to a petition for involuntary bankruptcy as a sanction for his conduct during discovery. We reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

Tom Rubin operates a media consulting firm and advertising agency under the name of Tom Rubin & Associates. On February 19, 1981, several broadcasting companies ("Creditors") filed a petition for involuntary bankruptcy against Rubin, alleging that...

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