Legal Opinion
In Re: Globe Building Materials, Incorporated, Debtor. Appeal Of: State of Wisconsin and Peggy Lautenschlager
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 8, 2006No. 05-3738PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
After an unsuccessful attempt to restructure, Globe Building Materials, Incorporated (Globe) was liquidated under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. Peggy Lautenschlager, the Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin, sought to recover wages owed to former Globe employees in her state through a statutory lien. The trustee brought this adversary proceeding, and argued that the lien was avoidable under 11 U.S.C. § 545(2). Both the bankruptcy and district courts found for the trustee. We affirm.
The facts of this case are not in dispute. On January 19, 2001, Globe filed a…
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