In Re Natale Third Circuit bankruptcy decision
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295 F3d 375 In re Ronald L. Natale
295 F.3d 375
In re Ronald L. NATALE; Janet L. Natale.
Ronald Natale and Janet Natale
v.
French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust, Inc.; Lester W. Schwartz; Frederick L. Reigle, Standing Chapter 13 Trustee.*
French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust, Inc., Appellant.
No. 01-2022.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
A simple conservation easement enforcement action turned into an epic decade-long litigation that the land trust ultimately won. However, winning in court does not always mean the end of the story, as the land trust is still seeking to recoup its litigation expenses, which entails pressing its claims through the landowner’s bankruptcy proceedings. See In Re Natale, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21060 (E.D. Pa., 2006); In Re Natale, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 11161 (3rd Cir., 2008). See also Natale v. Schwartz, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18933 (E.D. Pa., 1999) and Natale v. Schwartz, 151 F.Supp.2d 562 (E. D. Pa., 2001), in which a federal court dismissed alleged violations of 42 U.S.C. §§1983 and 1985 and related due process rights.
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