Legal Opinion

Jones Truck Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Full Service Leasing Corporation, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 12, 1996No. 95-1268, 95-1383PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Jones Truck Lines, Inc. (“Jones”), a bankrupt common carrier, sues to recover as preferences three payments made to its truck and trailer lessor, Full Service Leasing Corporation (“FSLC”), during the ninety-day period preceding Jones’s bankruptcy. A jury found that only the third payment was preferential, and both parties appeal, raising issues of insolvency, “ordinary course of business,” and “new value” under the preferential transfer provision of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 547. Concluding that the district court 1 properly instructed the jury on these issues, and…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Melvin White v. B. Jeffery Pence Natalee Schay, United States of America v. B. Jeffery Pence Natalee SchayCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  3. Thaddeus C. Pulla, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Amoco Oil Company, Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  4. Thomas G. Lovett, Jr., Trustee for Transportation Systems International, Inc. v. St. Johnsbury TruckingCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
  5. In Re U.S.A. Inns of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, Inc., Debtor. Claude R. Jones v. United Savings and Loan AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Vicki CROSS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Emanuel CLEAVER II, Et Al., Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
  2. Robert KEHOE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC., Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  3. Ecolab Inc. v. Paraclipse, Inc. (Doing Business as Paraclipse Automated Insect Control Division), Defendant-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2002
  4. In Re Carled, Inc., Debtor. Frederick M. Luper, Trustee v. Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
  5. Faulkner v. Kornman (In Re Heritage Organization, L.L.C.)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · 2009

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