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Brooks Farms v. United States Department of Agriculture (In Re Brooks Farms)

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin

Decided February 18, 1987No. 19-21565PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION

JAMES E. SHAPIRO, Bankruptcy Judge.

This case raises the issue of whether Commodity Credit Corporation (“CCC”) may set off a $20,762.98 obligation to Brooks Farms (“debtor”) against a separate obligation “in excess of $20,762.98” 1 due from the debtor to CCC. The issue has been submitted on the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. A stipulation of facts has been filed by the parties.

The debtor is a partnership engaged in dairy farming. It is comprised of Edward Brooks and his two sons, Steven Brooks and Arthur Brooks. On March 16, 1984 (which was prior to the filing of its Chapter…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Stair v. Hamilton Bank of Morristown (In Re Morristown Lincoln-Mercury Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1984
  2. Eckles v. Petco Inc., Interstate (In Re Balducci Oil Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado · 1983
  3. Traders Bank of Kansas City v. Stonitsch (In Re Isis Foods, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 1982
  4. Tradex, Inc. v. United States (In Re IML Freight, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1986
  5. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. v. Fred Sanders Co. (In Re Fred Sanders Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1983

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. 16 Collier bankr.cas.2d 1447, Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,794 Braniff Airways, Inc. Debtor and Debtor-In-Possession, and the Official Unsecured Creditors' Committee of Braniff Airways, Inc. v. Exxon Company, U.S.A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  2. Braniff Airways, Inc. v. Exxon Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  3. Illinois v. Lakeside Community Hospital, Inc. (In Re Lakeside Community Hospital, Inc.)District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1993
  4. In Re RinehartUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. South Dakota · 1987
  5. Sylvester v. Martin (In Re Martin)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1991

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