Atkins, In re
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979 F.2d 854 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. In re Roger M. ATKINS; Joyce Atkins, Debtors. Ronald A. WATSON, as Trustee of the Estate of Roger M. Atkins and Joyce J. Atkins, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RAGEN, TREMAINE, KRIEGER, SCHMEER & NEILL, an Oregon Partnership; Davis, Wright & Tremaine, an Oregon Partnership, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-35938. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 2, 1992. Decided Nov. 20, 1992. Before TANG, BRUNETTI and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Ronald A. Watson, Chapter 7 trustee (Trustee), appeals the summary judgment dismissing his complaint to recover payments made by Debtors' wholly owned corporation to Ragen, Tremaine, Krieger, Schmeer & Neill (Ragen). The Trustee asserts that the payments should be considered property of the Debtors because Debtors owned and controlled the corporation. We affirm. BACKGROUND FACTS 3 Roger M. Atkins and Joyce J. Atkins (Debtors) were…