Gill

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: COOPER COMMONS, LLC,  Debtor,

No. 03-56818

WEINSTEIN, EISEN & WEISS, LLP,

Appellant,  BAP No.

CC-03-01090-PKD

v.

OPINION

DAVID A. GILL, Chapter 11 Trustee; COMERICA BANK, Appellees.  Appeal from the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Perris, Klein, and Dunn, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 4, 2005—Pasadena, California

Filed September 13, 2005

Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Circuit Judges, and Charles C. Lovell,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain

*The Honorable Charles C. Lovell, United States District Judge for the District of Montana, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

David R. Weinstein, Los Angeles, California, argued the cause for the appellant; David R. Weinstein and Leonard Peña, Los Angeles, California, were on the briefs.

Joel R. Ohlgren, Los Angeles, California, argued the cause for the appellees; John J. Bingham, Jr., John N. Tedford, IV, and David J. McCarty, Los Angeles, California, were on the briefs.

OPINION

O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit…