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IN RE MILES

BAP Nos. CC-02-1528-KJP, CC-02-1545-KJP, CC-02-1529-KJP, CC-02-1544-KJP, CC-02-1537-KJP, CC-02-1546-KJP. Bankruptcy No. SA 01-13243-JB. Adversary Nos. SA 02-01448-JB, SA 02-01449-JB, SA 02-01451-JB.

294 B.R. 756 (2003)

In re Rodney Cassimer MILES, Former Alleged Debtor. Ann Miles; Melinda Miles; Kelly Cunningham, Appellants, v. David B. Okun; Sheila Reiser-Okun; David B. Okun, M.D., F.A.C.P., A California Medical Corporation; David B. Okun, M.D., F.A.C.P., A Medical Corporation Money Purchase Plan; Okun Family Trust U/D/T/ March 10, 1998; Emanuel & Ann S.N. Reiser Revocable Trust; Andrew K. Mauthe; M. Stephen Koontz; Milburn A. Matthews; Coontz & Matthews L.L.P.; Lauren Elizabeth Murphy; Susan A. Spitzo; Vera J. Ferguson; Nancy M. Vold, Appellees.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 5, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney C. Miles, Laguna Niguel, CA, for Ann R. Miles.

David R. Haberbush, Haberbush & Campbell, LLP, Long Beach, CA, for appellees.

Before KLEIN, JELLEN, and PERRIS, Bankruptcy Judges.

OPINION

KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge.

In these appeals, we hold that Congress preempted state law remedies when it enacted 11 U.S.C. § 303 providing for involuntary bankruptcies and, at § 303(i), prescribed a set of remedies against unsuccessful petitioners in involuntary bankruptcies. Thus, we AFFIRM the dismissal of removed state law actions filed by relatives of an alleged debtor seeking tort damages for the filing of an involuntary bankruptcy.<...

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