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IN RE LAUGHLIN

BAP No. MW 97-021.

210 B.R. 659 (1997)

In re Martin LAUGHLIN and Sharon Laughlin. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Martin LAUGHLIN and Sharon Laughlin, Appellees.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit.

August 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John v. Cardone, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC (Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, Marvis A. Knospe, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Boston, MA, on brief) for appellant.

David M. Nickless, Fitchburg, MA, on brief for appellees.

Before VOTOLATO, Chief Judge and HAINES and VAUGHN, Bankruptcy Judges.

HAINES, Bankruptcy Judge.

The United States of America appeals the bankruptcy court's March 21, 1997, order denying it relief from a September 27, 1996, order that granted the Chapter 7 trustee's motion to abate federal tax penalties assessed against the estate. The appeal poses the question whether the trustee's motion to abate tax penalties initiated a "contested matter" within the meaning of the bankruptcy rules, thereby...

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