U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barbara Houser released her much anticipated decision last week in the billion-dollar bankruptcy case of Sam Wyly and his sister-in-law Dee. Legal experts say the legal opinion, which is 459-pages long, includes 181,504 words and 1,682 footnotes, masterfully tells the highly complex story of the Wyly brothers and the web of offshore accounts they created in the Isle of Man two decades ago.
“This opinion shows that Judge Houser is a brilliant thinker and an excellent writer,” says Dallas bankruptcy lawyer Sid Scheinberg.
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