Legal Opinion
Spear v. CEMA Distribution (In Re Rainbow Music, Inc.)
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California
Decided May 11, 1993No. 19-50182PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
LESLIE TCHAIKOVSKY, Bankruptcy Judge.
Plaintiff Richard J. Spear (the “Trustee”), the Chapter 7 trustee of Rainbow Music, Inc. (“Rainbow” or “Debtor”), seeks to avoid a transfer made by check in the amount of $8,242 to Cema Distribution (“CEMA” or “Defendant”) as an unauthorized post-petition transfer pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 549(a) and to recover the amount of the unauthorized transfer from CEMA. For the reasons stated below, the Court finds in favor of Plaintiff.
SUMMARY OF FACTS
Prior to experiencing financial difficulties in late 1990, Rainbow operated over thirty retail…
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