Lemon
Lemon v. Lapin
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Boyd Lemon, the trustee of the chapter 7 bankruptcy estate of My Left Hook, LLC, a company formed for the purpose of producing a motion picture to be entitled “Out On My Feet,” initiated an adversary *353 proceeding against Al Lapin, Jr., and Peter Lambert and their entities. Lemon alleged that Lapin and Lambert were hable to My Left Hook for breaching a contract to provide preproduction financing for “Out On My Feet.” The bankruptcy court considered all of Lemon’s evidence and concluded that there was no enforceable contract because the document at issue did not include such essential terms as the amount of the purported loan, the identity of the potential lender and the time of performance. Lemon appealed to the district court, which affirmed the bankruptcy court. Lemon has now appealed to this court. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158 (d), and we affirm.
We independently review bankruptcy court decisions. Friedman Enters. v. B. U. M. Int’l, Inc. (In re B. U. M. Int’l, Inc), 229 F.3d 824, 827 (9th Cir.2000); Kadjevich v. Kadjevich (In re Kadjevich), 220 F.3d 1016, 1019 (9th Cir.2000). The bankruptcy court’s interpretation of the applicable law is…