Legal Opinion
Graffen v. PHILADELPHIA WATER REVENUE BUREAU
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 11, 1992No. Civ. A. 89-4740PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GAWTHROP, District Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the bankruptcy court concerning the bankruptcy trustee’s “strong-arm” power to avoid statutory liens, when the trustee is actually the debtor and, thus, cloaked with hypothetical bona fide purchaser status. The plaintiff-appellees, who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, resided in a house serviced by the water and sewer departments. Before filing for bankruptcy, they had not paid their water and sewer bills. The city entered a lien against the property in the amount of $885.24 ($560.48 first lien + $324.76…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McCannon v. MarstonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Lund v. HeinrichSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Roman Ceramics Corp. v. Peoples National BankCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Pothering v. Parkson Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- United States v. Oswald & Hess Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Jay Graffen Cass Graffen v. City of Philadelphia, Jay & Cass GraffenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- AFB & T v. Sullivan (In Re Sullivan)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 2010