In Re: Raejean Bonham, dba World Plus
Decision Date | 04 October 2000 |
Docket Number | 98-36109,SPEAR-SHIPLEY,98-36205,98-36086,Nos. 98-36081,99-35046,WYLIE-ECHEVERRIA,A,98-36091,98-36089,98-36083,98-36108,VANDER-KOOY,98-36093,WYLIE-ECHEVERRI,s. 98-36081 |
Citation | 229 F.3d 750 |
Parties | (9th Cir. 2000) In re: RAEJEAN BONHAM, aka Jean Bonham, aka Jeannie Bonham, dba World Plus, Inc., an Alaska corporation and ATLANTIC PACIFIC FUNDING CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation, Debtors. THOMAS ALEXANDER; GAY ALEXANDER; ALEXANDER RENTALS; DEBBIE BAILEY; WAYNE BAILEY; SONDRA BAKER; HARRY BAKER; LISA BAKER; LLOYD BEADLE; JAMES BENNETT; MARIA BENNETT; THOMAS BOYD; SHEILA BOYD; LESLIE BOYD; JEREMY BOYD; JILL CAMERON; RAYMOND CAMERON; JOSEPH CAMPBELL; DENNIS CARY; MARVEL CARY; GENE MCCLANAHAN; FARRELL CHRISTENSEN; BRENT COOK; JOLANDA COOK; HEATHER COOK; MELANIE COOK; JIM DAVIS; ROXIE DAVIS; ROGER DELANEY; DOROTHY DELANEY; MARY BETH DIETHELM; NATHAN DIETHELM; ROBERT DUNN; NANCY DUTTON; LINETTE FINSTAD; RICHARD KEDROWSKI; MARY FLICKINGER; ALLEN FUSS; RAYETTE FUSS; IGNATIUS FUSS; JULIA FUSS; TOM FUSS; ARBARA FUSS; VELESTA FUSCO; PAULINE FUSCO; TEO FUSCO; JACQUELINE GOLDRICK; VICTOR GUNN; MARY GUNN; CYNTHIA HACHEZ; MIKE HACHEZ; GARY HALMSTAD; RAYNA HAMM; JOHN R. HILTENBRAND, JR.; GEORGE R. HORNER; JOANN HORNER; GEORGE L. HORNER; JUDITH HORNER; HORNER TRUST; RUSS JOHNSON; BECKY JOHNSON; ROBERT KARLEN; KAREN KARLEN; PAUL KELLER; CARLA KELLER; LEE KENASTON, GERALD KENASTON; JANENE KENASTON; KAREN KENASTON; DON KRATZER, JANICE LARSON, GRETA LINDLEY; KENNETH LINDLEY, LYNN MARVIN; ED MAYNARD; MAUREEN MAYNARD; HEIDI MORTON; LARRY NAUTA; SHERRY NAUTA; LEONARD NELSON; JEANETTE NELSON; ELMER OSTBLOOM; MARGARET STBLOOM; WILLIAM PASCOE; RUTH (SHERWOOD) PUGH; DEE RICHIE; ELIZABETH RICHIE; PAUL RITCHIE; BEN RITCHIE; BRADLEY RITCHIE; BARTHOLOMEW RITCHIE; BURTON RITCHIE; RACHAEL RITCHIE; REBECCA RITCHIE; ROXANNE RITCHIE; PAUL ROBINSON; HARRY SINZ; VICKI VICKERY; SALLY ROSS; MARY SCOTT; JAMES SISK; WAYNE TAYLOR; JOHN THORNTON; LINDSEY THORNTON; CARL TOMPKINS; ALANE TOMPKINS; VERLIN TOMPKINS; LINDA TOMPKINS; SCOTT TOMPKINS; CATHERINE TOMPKINS; CHARLES TRAVIS; CLIFFORD TRAVIS; BARBARA TRAVIS; EVERETT TRAVIS; TIM WALLIS; MARY WALLIS; RYAN WALRATH; CAROL WALRATH; CRAIG ZOET; ROBERT ZOET, A |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit |
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