FRATES v. WEINSHIENK

No. 89-1046.

882 F.2d 1502 (1989)

Joseph A. FRATES; Charles S. Holmes; Robert E. Merrick; Stan P. Doyle; P. Peter Prudden, III; J. Anthony Frates; Stephen I. Frates; Equivest Associates; Doyle & Holmes; Equivest Management and Financial Services, Ltd.; John L. Farrell, Jr.; Asset Management, Inc.; Charles S. McNeil; Monty H. Rial; Perma Resources Corporation; Perma Mining Corporation; Perma Pacific, Inc.; Perma Pacific Properties; Calder & Company; Chimney Rock Coal Company; Energy Capital, Ltd.; Aztec, Ltd.; Colorado Coal Resources Company; and Colorado Coal Mining, Petitioners, v. Honorable Zita L. WEINSHIENK, United States District Judge; and Honorable Charles E. Matheson, United States Bankruptcy Judge, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Hultin of Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spaanstra, Denver, Colo., and Alan Bugg, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Marcus L. Squarrell and Cheryl Burnside, of Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spaanstra, Denver, Colo., Thomas E. English of English, Jones & Faulkner, Tulsa, Okl., Richard P. Slivka and David Dain of Vinton, Slivka & Panasci, and Julia T. Waggener, Denver, Colo., with them on the briefs) for petitioners.

James P. McCarthy (Melvin I. Orenstein and Daryle L. Uphoff also of Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, Minn., H. Thomas Coghill and David J. Richman of Coghill and Goodspeed, Denver, Colo., with him on the briefs), for Kaiser Steel Corp. and Kaiser Coal Corp.

Before LOGAN, SEYMOUR, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an original proceeding in the nature of mandamus. Petitioners seek an order of this court compelling the respondent bankruptcy judge, who approved a Chapter 11 reorganization plan for Kaiser Steel Corporation (Kaiser), to disqualify himself from presiding over two adversary proceedings (the Frates and Rial proceedings) commenced by Kaiser in which Perma Pacific Properties (Perma...

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