In Re Crystal Properties, Ltd.

268 F.3d 743 (9th Cir. 2001) IN RE: CRYSTAL PROPERTIES, LTD., L.P., A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, DEBTOR. BEAL BANK, APPELLANT, v. CRYSTAL PROPERTIES, LTD., L.P., A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, APPELLEE. No. 99-56038 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted June 11, 2001 Filed September 25, 2001 Steven T. Gubner, Ezra, Brutzkus, & Gubner, Encino, California, for the appellant. Talin Keshishian, Ezra, Brutzkus, & Gubner, Encino, California, for the appellant. William E. Crockett, Dion-Kindem & Crockett, Woodland Hills, California, for the appellee-debtor. James R. Felton, Greenberg & Bass, L.L.P., Encino, California, for the appellee-debtor. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Margaret M. Morrow, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-98-05442-MMM Before: Wardlaw, Paez, and Tallman, Circuit Judges. Wardlaw, Circuit Judge 1 Beal Bank ("Beal") appeals the district court's order affirming the bankruptcy court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the debtor, Crystal Properties ("Crystal"). Beal asserts that the bankruptcy and district courts incorrectly concluded that Crystal was…