IN RE WINGERTER

BAP No. 07-8063.

394 B.R. 859 (2008)

In re Gerald A. WINGERTER and Janet G. Keller-Wingerter, Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED AND ON BRIEF: Jonathan W. Young, John W. Costello, Jeffrey L. Gansberg, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, Jeremy M. Campana, Alan R. Lepene, Thompson Hine, Cleveland, OH, for Appellant.

Professor Dan S. Schechter, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae.

Before FULTON, PARSONS, and SCOTT, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges.


OPINION

THOMAS H. FULTON, Bankruptcy Judge.

B-Line, LLC ("B-Line") appeals a bankruptcy court order sanctioning it under Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure ("Rule") 9011(b). The bankruptcy court issued its order after a show cause order and an evidentiary hearing to determine the procedures that B-Line employs for processing and filing proofs of claim. The court was concerned that B-Line, a company that exclusively purchases claims in bankruptcy, does...

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