IN RE CULT AWARENESS NETWORK, INC.

No. 97-3002.

151 F.3d 605 (1998)

In re CULT AWARENESS NETWORK, INC., Debtor. CULT AWARENESS NETWORK, INC., Debtor-Appellant, and John M. Beal, Hagenbaugh & Murphy, and Davis Wright Tremaine, Creditors-Appellants, v. Philip V. MARTINO, Trustee-Appellee, and Steven L. Hayes, a law corporation, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Beal, Chicago, IL, for John M. Beal.

Daniel A. Leipold, Hagenbaugh & Murphy, Orange, CA, for Hagenbaugh & Murphy.

Mary E. Steele, Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle, WA, for Davis Wright Tremiane.

Philip V. Martino (argued), Elizabeth A. Graber, Rudnick & Wolfe, Chicago, IL, for Philip V. Martino.

Roman Sukley, Stephen G. Wolfe, Officew of the United States Trustee, Chicago, IL, for U.S. Trustee.

Steven Hayes (argued), Bowles & Hayes, Los Angeles, CA, for Steven Hayes.

David J. Bardin (argued), Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Milton J. Grossman, Washington, DC, for Cult Awareness Network.

Before MANION, KANNE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

The Cult Awareness Network, Inc., a nonprofit corporation in the midst of bankruptcy, wants to object to the trustee's sale of its trade name to a purchaser who it believes will use the name to promote cults. We hold that the Cult Awareness Network lacks standing to object because it has no pecuniary interest in the disposal of its estate.

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