Legal Opinion
Levine v. Weyer (In Re DotMD, LLC)
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided November 5, 2003No. Bankruptcy No. 01-67106. Adversary No. 03-9086PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JOYCE BIHARY, Bankruptcy Judge.
This case raises interesting questions about a trustee’s power to avoid a judicial lien in Georgia under the Bankruptcy Code’s strong-arm clause. Procedurally, this adversary proceeding is before the Court on plaintiffs motion for summary judgment. The Trustee filed a complaint to set aside a judgment lien recorded by defendant Frank Weyer two weeks before the debtor filed bankruptcy. The complaint is based on three of the Trustee’s avoiding powers: (1) the strong-arm clause in § 544(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code; (2) the preference statute in 11 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Exchange BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Donovan v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 75,756, 22 Ucc rep.serv.2d 1141 Farm Credit Bank of St. Louis, a Federally Chartered Corporation, Farmers Pellet Company, Bank and Trust Company of Litchfield, and James E. Lucas and Thelma F. Lucas, Debtors-Appellees. Appeal of John L. Swartz, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Prodigy Centers/Atlanta v. T-C AssociatesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Griffith v. PoseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
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3Cited by2 opinions
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