PITRAT v. GARLIKOV

No. 90-15252.

947 F.2d 419 (1991)

Claude PITRAT, Trustee, Kendrick M. Mercer, P.C., and First Interstate Leasing Service Corporation, Movants-Appellees, v. Ronald S. GARLIKOV and Reda S. Garlikov, Respondents-Appellants. Stanley W. FOGLER, Trustee, First Interstate Leasing Service Corp., and Kendrick M. Mercer, Movants-Appellees, v. Richard James FLINDALL, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn J. Johnsen and Joseph A. Schenk, Herbert, Schenk, Johnsen & Dake, Phoenix, Ariz., for respondents-appellants.

John Friedeman, Phoenix, Ariz., for movant-appellee Pitrat.

Charles W. Lowe, Davis & Lowe, Phoenix, Ariz., for movant-appellee Fogler.

Before CHOY and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and KELLEHER, District Judge.


CHOY, Circuit Judge:

In this opinion we analyze federal statutes, Arizona statutes, and Arizona common law to determine the protection afforded pension plans in two Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

Ronald S. Garlikov and James Flindall filed voluntary petitions for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 7 of the bankruptcy code on April 29, 1988. Reda S. Garlikov filed a similar petition on June 1, 1988. Ronald and Reda...

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