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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Fitzgerald reverses in part a dismissal order regarding a law firm which obtained attorney fee awards and subsequent costs related to appeals against an estate trustee for bringing meritless claims against the firm. The firm alleged that the trustee failed to demand that the debtor turn over rents collected on two properties. The bankruptcy court erred in finding that the firm's breach of fiduciary duty claim was time-barred but was correct in finding that the trustee had quasi-judicial immunity.
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