Legal Opinion
Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. Tidwell
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided November 4, 1986No. Civ. A. 86-70-1-MAC (WDO)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWENS, Chief Judge:
This case comes to the court on appeal from the order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Georgia entered on December 31, 1985, 56 B.R. 509, and later amended on February 6, 1986, which declared that certain payments made by the debtor Georgia Steel, Inc. (Georgia Steel) to defendant Bethlehem Steel Corporation (Bethlehem) were avoidable by the trustee because they were preferential transfers, as that term is defined under 11 U.S.C. § 547(b). In passing on an appeal from the bankruptcy court, the district court must make an independent…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- United States v. Durham Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Doyle Dickerson Co. v. DurdenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
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