GARVIN v. COOK INVESTMENTS NW, SPNWY, LLC

No. 18-35119.

922 F.3d 1031 (2019)

Gregory M. GARVIN, Acting United States Trustee for Region 18, Appellant, v. COOK INVESTMENTS NW, SPNWY, LLC; Cook Investments NW, Fern, LLC; Cook Investments NW, LLC; Cook Investments NW, DARR, LLC; Cook Investments NW, ARL, LLC, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 2, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sonia Carson (argued) and Mark B. Stern , Appellate Staff; Annette L. Hayes , Acting United States Attorney; Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Wendy Cox , Trial Attorney; P. Matthew Sutko , Associate General Counsel; Ramona D. Elliott , Deputy Director/General Counsel; Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Trustees, Washington, D.C.; for Appellant.

James L. Day (argued) and Aditi Paranjpye , Bush Kornfeld LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Debtors-Appellees.

Before: Susan P. Graber, M. Margaret McKeown, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Facing insolvency, five real estate holding companies owned and managed by Michael Cook (collectively, "Cook" or the "Cook companies") sought Chapter 11 protection. Cook's foray into Chapter 11 was by most standards a resounding success. It culminated with the Second Amended Joint Debtors' Plan of Reorganization...

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