Bankr. L. Rep. P 70,903 in the Matter of Bishop, Baldwin, Rewald, Dillingham & Wong, Inc., a Hawaii Corporation, Debtor/appellant. Thomas E. Hayes, Trustee v. Ronald Ray Rewald and Nancy Rewald v. Petitioning Creditors

779 F.2d 471 Bankr. L. Rep. P 70,903 In the Matter of BISHOP, BALDWIN, REWALD, DILLINGHAM & WONG, INC., a Hawaii Corporation, Debtor/Appellant. Thomas E. HAYES, Trustee, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Ronald Ray REWALD and Nancy Rewald, Defendants/Appellants, v. PETITIONING CREDITORS, Appellees. No. 83-2570. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 13, 1984. Decided Feb. 22, 1985. Rehearing Denied and Request for Publication Granted Dec. 23, 1985. 1 Robert Smolenski, Smolenski & Woodell, Honolulu, Hawaii, for petitioning creditors. 2 Don Jeffrey Gelbert, James A. Wagner, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Thomas E. Hayes. 3 Robert A. Smith, Honolulu, Hawaii, for appellants. 4 Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. 5 Before CANBY and NORRIS, Circuit Judges, and STEPHENS * , District Judge. STEPHENS, District Judge: JURISDICTION 6 This is an appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment for petitioning creditors in an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding. Jurisdiction in the district court was based upon 28 U.S.C. Section 1334 . The bankruptcy proceedings were withdrawn from reference to a bankruptcy judge after the…