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042489P.pdf   04/29/2005  Apex Oil Company  v.  Katherine Sparks
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-2489
   Eastern District of Missouri   
Civil case - Bankruptcy. District court order affirming bankruptcy court's denial of Apex's motion to reopen its bankruptcy case pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Sec. 350(b) affirmed; the decision as to whether to reopen a case lies within the bankruptcy court's discretion, based on the facts and circumstances of each particular case, and the court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to reopen a case which was fully administered and had been closed for more than seven years. [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Hansen and Benton, Circuit Judges]