IN RE WASHINGTON LANE ASSOCIATES

Bankruptcy No. 82-00019G.

42 B.R. 617 (1984)

In re WASHINGTON LANE ASSOCIATES, a Pennsylvania Limited Partnership, Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

September 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon C. Sirlin, Jon C. Sirlin & Assoc., Philadelphia, Pa., for Kenneth M. Lakoff, Gerrold Lakoff, Shirley Lakoff, Martin A. Smith and Paul Ribner, Limited Partners, movants.

David J. Picker, Norristown, Pa., for Harvey Plowfield.

Joseph F. Busacca, Philadelphia, Pa., for Ethal Mae Plowfield.

Robert H. Levin, Adelman, Lavine, Krasny, Gold & Levin, Philadelphia, Pa., for the trustee, Jerome Blum.

Jerome Blum, Elkins Park, Pa., trustee.

David S. Fishbone, Ciardi, Fishbone & DiDonato, Philadelphia, Pa., for debtor, Washington Lane Associates.

Steven Asher, Philadelphia, Pa., for Industrial Valley Title Ins. Co., defendant in Montgomery County actions.

Lawrence Mazer, Philadelphia, Pa., for the Minor Equity Security Holders.

John Egan, Philadelphia, Pa., for Philadelphia Gas Works, largest unsecured creditor.

John A. Wetzel, Philadelphia, Pa., for Sollis Tolin, Louis M. Graboyes and Robert Blatt and Sara Blatt, Co-Executors of the Estate of Max Blatt t/a Washington Lane Garden Apartments.

Robert J. Edelmayer, Norristown, Pa., Special Counsel for trustee in Montgomery County.

Leonard P. Goldberger, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, Pa., for the Committee of Equity Security Holders.

Steven T. Stern, Philadelphia, Pa., for Grace Markowitz and Raymond Blume — limited partners.


ORDER

EMIL F. GOLDHABER, Chief Judge:

The issue raised before us is whether we should grant a motion to recuse ourselves from hearing matters involving a creditor of the debtor, which creditor is also an employee of this court. We will grant the motion because the creditor's thoughtless actions have raised the specter of impropriety.

The facts of this vexatious affair are as follows:1 The petition for reorganization under...

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