In Re Oxborrow

913 F.2d 751 23 Collier Bankr.Cas.2d 876 , 20 Bankr.Ct.Dec. 1524 , Bankr. L. Rep. P 73,612 In re Kenneth D. OXBORROW, dba Wheatland Investment Company; Wheatland Supply, Inc., Debtors. Doug BERG; Stan Welch; Leroy Scott Hamilton, II; Russell Pixton; Harry Smithwick, et al., Appellants, v. Joseph A. ESPOSITO; John G. Layman, Co-Trustees of the Estate of Kenneth D. Oxborrow, Appellees. No. 89-35073. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 8, 1990. Decided Sept. 6, 1990. D. Gordon Willhite, Mercer Island, Wash. and John R. Lewis, Yakima, Wash., for appellants. John W. Campbell, Esposito, Tombari and George, Spokane, Wash., for appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before WRIGHT, REINHARDT and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an appeal from the district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's order resolving an election dispute among creditors. 2 * On September 28, 1984, debtor Kenneth D. Oxborrow filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. See 11 U.S.C.A. Secs. 1101-1174 (West 1979 & Supp.1990). Oxborrow and others had operated…