Mitan v. Duval, No. 07-2111

In an appeal from the Bankruptcy Court's order converting Debtor's bankruptcy case from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 nunc pro tunc, the order is affirmed, where the equitable powers granted to the Bankruptcy Court under 11 U.S.C. section 105(a) include the power to enter such a conversion order.

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Appellate Information

Submitted: December 4, 2008

Decided and Filed: July 17, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Gibbons

Dissent by Judge Clay

Counsel

For Appellant:

Keith J. Mitan, Mitan & Associates, West Bloomfield, MI

For Appellees:

Mark R. Fox, Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C., Lansing, MI