In re Greer West Inv. Ltd. Partnership

81 F.3d 168 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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 GREER WEST INVESTMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an Arizona Limited Partnership, Debtor-Appellant, WAKE FOREST INC., an Arizona Corporation, Appellant, v. TRANSAMERICA TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Trustee, Trustee-Appellee. No. 94-15670. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 12, 1995. * Decided March 25, 1996. Before: SNEED, HALL, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 This appeal turns on the question of whether a law firm that holds an unsecured claim against its client, a Chapter 11 debtor, is an "insider" of the debtor within the meaning of 11 U.S.C. § 101 (31). The bankruptcy court for the District of Arizona found that the law firm was an insider. It therefore concluded that the law firm's vote in favor of the debtor's reorganization plan would not constitute approval by an impaired class as required by 11 U.S.C. § 1129 (10). It further held that the law firm's claim…