IN RE GIBSON

No. 19-2342.

950 F.3d 919 (2019)

IN RE: Adam GIBSON, et al., Petitioners. Curtis Lovelace, et al., Parties in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 8, 2019.

Published February 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen Kornichuk Emery , Attorney, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, Dicianni & Krafthefer, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Petitioners Adam Gibson, Robert Copley, and John Summers.

James A. Hansen , Attorney, Schmiedeskamp, Robertson, Neu & Mitchell, Quincy, IL, for Petitioners Gary Farha, and James Keller.

Tara E. Thompson , Attorney, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, for Parties in Interest.

Before Manion, Hamilton, and Brennan, Circuit Judges.


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