11.   In turn, the federal bankruptcy trustee has sued the Justice Department.

12.   Leonard Gumport, attorney for the bankruptcy trustee, said Wednesday that to the best of his knowledge no non-dischargeability claims have yet been filed.

13.   Louisiana Generating has the support of court-appointed bankruptcy trustee Ralph Mabey, but Louisiana-based Swepco has backing from most of the co-ops Cajun supplies.

14.   Manning also is acting as special counsel to the bankruptcy trustee, whose job it is to liquidate certain Symington assets to pay off creditors.

15.   Most hearings last several minutes, with bankruptcy trustees recommending that debts be washed away.

16.   None of those who said they would take the Fifth when contacted by the bankruptcy trustee has been named in connection with any criminal proceedings.

17.   Other times, individuals divert the assets of a business that is in bankruptcy or bankruptcy trustees illicitly handle estates for their own benefit.

18.   Others disagree, including bankruptcy trustees who hear hundreds of cases a year.

19.   One by one, they are called to a rectangular table to be examined by the bankruptcy trustee, a private lawyer acting on behalf of the court.

20.   Take Lisa Poulin, who is a principal with PricewaterhouseCoopers and the bankruptcy trustee for Living.com, an online furniture retailer that failed late last year.