Legal Opinion

DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas, LLC v. Miller (In Re Miller)

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 5, 2009No. 08-30601PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Joseph Miller (“Miller”) and his wife, Shelley Miller, filed a chapter 13 bankruptcy petition and proposed to surrender their vehicle in full satisfaction of the remaining debt to DaimlerChrysler (“DC”), which opposed the bankruptcy plan. The bankruptcy court confirmed the plan, and DC appealed directly to this court. We reverse and remand.

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Miller entered into a contract with a dealership for the purchase of a vehicle. The dealership assigned all its interests in the contract to DC, which perfected its lien on the vehicle with a first priority purchase money…

2Cases cited26 opinions

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  2. Butner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Lamie v. United States TrusteeSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Church of the Holy Trinity v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  5. Randy BIBBO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998

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