In Re Rubin

693 F.2d 73 9 Collier Bankr.Cas.2d 58 , 9 Bankr.Ct.Dec. 1148 , Bankr. L. Rep. P 68,900 In re Tom RUBIN, dba Tom Rubin & Associates, Alleged Debtor. BELO BROADCASTING, Teleco Indiana and Cox Broadcoasting Company, Petitioner-Creditors-Appellees, v. Tom RUBIN, dba Tom Rubin & Associates, Debtor-Appellant. No. 81-5761. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued July 8, 1982. Submitted July 20, 1982. Decided Nov. 2, 1982. Gary E. Klausner, Robinson, Wolas & Diamant, Los Angeles, Cal., for debtor-appellant. Daniel Slate, Gendel, Raskoff, Shapiro & Quittner, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioners-creditors-appellees. Appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panels for the Ninth Circuit. Before ANDERSON, FERGUSON, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Rubin, the debtor in involuntary bankruptcy proceedings, appeals from the Order of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit. The Appellate Panel reversed and remanded the Order of the Bankruptcy Court imposing sanctions against the creditors for failing to appear at their noticed depositions. I. FACTS 2 We recite only a brief statement of the factual nature of this…