Legal Opinion
B.F. Goodrich Employees Federal Credit Union v. Patterson (In re Patterson)
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 29, 1992No. 91-7669PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALAIMO, Senior District Judge:
This case presents an issue of first impression: whether a credit union, upon receiving notice of a bankruptcy filing by its members, violates the automatic stay provisions of 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) and the anti-discrimination provisions of 11 U.S.C. § 525, when it freezes the members’ accounts, files a proof of claim that shows a loan balance reduced by a savings account balance, and suspends credit union services to the members. The bankruptcy court held that the credit union violated those sections of the bankruptcy code, Patterson v. B.F. Goodrich Employees…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Studley v. Boylston National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- In Re Delores C. Brown, Debtor v. Pennsylvania State Employees Credit UnionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Small Business Administration v. Harold Rinehart Marilyn RinehartCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Edgins (In Re Edgins)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Stair v. Hamilton Bank of Morristown (In Re Morristown Lincoln-Mercury Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1984
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Moreira v. Digital Employees Federal Credit Union (In Re Moreira)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1994
- In Re PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- In Re TilleryUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1995
- Hudson v. United States Ex Rel. Internal Revenue Service (In Re Hudson)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia · 1994
- Sousa v. Bank of NewportDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1994
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