IN RE BLACK DIAMOND MIN. CO., LLC

Civil No. 13-125-ART.

514 B.R. 230 (2014)

In re BLACK DIAMOND MINING COMPANY, LLC, et al. Taft A. McKinstry, Trustee of the BD Unsecured Creditors Trust, Plaintiff, v. Ira J. Genser, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Kentucky, Southern Division, Pikeville.

Signed July 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen Arvin Kennedy , Grahmn Morgan , David James Treacy , Kristeena L. Johnson , Mackenzie Mayes Walter , Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Lexington, KY, for Plaintiff.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

AMUL R. THAPAR, District Judge.

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