Zurich American Insurance Company v. International Fibercom, Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: INTERNATIONAL FIBERCOM,  INC., Debtor.

ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE No. 05-16358

COMPANY,

Appellant,  D.C. No.

CV-04-02100-DGC

v.

OPINION

INTERNATIONAL FIBERCOM, INC., an Arizona corporation; MAUREEN

GAUGHAN,

Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona David G. Campbell, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 11, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed September 12, 2007

Before: Procter Hug, Jr., Pamela Ann Rymer, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Hug

12337 12340 IN RE: INTERNATIONAL FIBERCOM

COUNSEL

Karen Lee Turner, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the appellant.

Steven J. Brown, Steve Brown & Associates, LLC, Phoenix, Arizona, for the appellees.

OPINION

HUG, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question of whether a bankruptcy court may limit a prior order where the prior order granted relief not permitted by the Bankruptcy Code. Here, the bank- ruptcy court issued an order approving the assumption of a workers’ compensation…