Vasquez v. Mora (In Re Mora)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RUSSELL, Bankruptcy Judge.
Appellant Gilbert R. Vasquez, the Chapter 7 Trustee (“Trustee”), appeals a judgment by the bankruptcy court in favor of the appel-lees Joseph Mora and Toshiko Mora (“Debtors”), requiring him to turn over to Debtors $24,660.27 previously seized as an avoidable postpetition transfer. In entering judgment, the bankruptcy court held that a transfer of an interest in a cashier’s cheek occurs at the time the check is mailed for purposes of avoiding postpetition transfers under 11 U.S.C. § 549(a). We REVERSE.
I.FACTS
The basic facts are not in dispute. On March 1,1995,…
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