Charles Edward & Associates v. John O. England

301 F.2d 572 CHARLES EDWARD & ASSOCIATES, a Copartnership Composed of Charles P. Trafficante and Paul J. Trafficante; Charles P. Trafficante and Paul J. Trafficante, Individually, Appellants, v. John O. ENGLAND, Trustee, Appellee. No. 17296. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. April 11, 1962. 1 Shapro, Anixter & Aronson, Burlingame, Cal., for appellants. 2 Dinkelspiel & Dinkelspiel, by Harold A. Block, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee. 3 Before HAMLEY and HAMLIN, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge. 4 SOLOMON, District Judge. 5 Appellants Charles P. Trafficante and Paul J. Trafficante (individual partners) appeal from an order of the District Court which set aside the individual discharges in bankruptcy granted them by the Referee. 6 Appellants filed individual voluntary petitions in bankruptcy, and a short time later Charles Edward & Associates, a partnership composed of the two appellants, was adjudicated a bankrupt in an involuntary proceeding. The two individual estates and the partnership estate were consolidated for the purposes of administration. 1 7 The Referee fixed November 10, 1958, as the time for filing objections to the discharges…