Opinion
13-3472-cv
05-21-2014
IN RE: PERRY H. KOPLIK & SONS, INC. Debtor. MICHAEL S. FOX, AS LITIGATION TRUSTEE OF PERRY H. KOPLIK & SONS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHAEL KOPLIK, MARC N. SIEGEL, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Alvin Siegel, Defendants-Appellants.
Appearing for Appellants: Michael L. Cook, Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLC. (Nancy L. Kourland, Sanford P. Rosen, Rosen & Associates P.C., on the brief) New York, N.Y. Appearing for Appellee: Christopher R. Belmonte, Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP, New York, N.Y.
SUMMARY ORDER
RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT'S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION "SUMMARY ORDER"). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL.
At a stated Term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York on the 21st day of May, two thousand fourteen. Present:
ROSEMARY S. POOLER,
REENA RAGGI,
RICHARD C. WESLEY,
Circuit Judges.
Appearing for Appellants:
Michael L. Cook, Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLC. (Nancy L.
Kourland, Sanford P. Rosen, Rosen & Associates P.C., on the
brief) New York, N.Y.
Appearing for Appellee:
Christopher R. Belmonte, Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP,
New York, N.Y.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Castel, J.).
ON CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of said District Court be and it hereby is AFFIRMED.
Michael Koplik and Marc N. Siegel, as the personal representative of the Estate of Alvin Siegel, appeal from the August 14, 2013 memorandum and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Castel, J.), imposing personal liability on Koplik and Alvin Siegel for certain breaches of fiduciary duty and fraudulent conveyances. We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts, procedural history, and specification of issues for review.
In this bankruptcy case, the lower court's findings of fact are reviewed for clear error, and its conclusions of law are reviewed de novo. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 52(a); cf. Forsdick v. Turgeon, 812 F.2d 801, 801 (2d Cir. 1987). The district court, assisted by the bankruptcy court's extensive proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, ably set forth a careful and thorough analysis of the claims and the law. We affirm for substantially the same reasons as set forth by district court.
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court hereby is AFFIRMED.
FOR THE COURT:
Catherine O'Hagan Wolfe, Clerk