Legal Opinion

Drewes v. Carter (In re Woods Farmers Co-operative Elevator Co.)

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided October 24, 1991No. Nos. 90-5572, 90-5599PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

The district court1 reversed the bankruptcy court’s2 decision that allowed the bankruptcy trustee to avoid certain state statutory liens. We affirm.

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Woods Farmers Co-operative Elevator Company (Elevator) operated a grain warehouse and storage facility in North Dakota. St. Paul Bank for Cooperatives (St. Paul Bank), a secured creditor of the Elevator, financed certain capital improvements and operating expenses for the Elevator. Under state law, farmers received a receipt holder’s lien on grain they deposited at the Elevator. Farmland Mutual Insurance Company, the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

Wehner v. SchroederNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
In Re Sea Catch, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Alaska · 1983
Farmers Livestock Exchange of Bismarck, Inc. v. UlmerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986
Drewes v. Carter (In Re Woods Farmers Co-Operative Elevator Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. North Dakota · 1989

3Cited by1 opinion

Bankr. L. Rep. P 74,318 in Re Woods Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company, Debtor. Wayne Drewes v. Fred A. Carter Kellerman Bros. Roland Heuer Orville Pfingsten Gary Dittmer Sheldon Farmers Elevator Colfax Farmers Elevator Roger McDonald Brian McDonald Roesler Land & Cattle Co. Lyle Roesler Kent Roesler Ada Roesler Carmen Lynnes Lynnes Farms Jack Christensen Merle Schatzke Cleo Brown Clayton Brown Wade Motter Joanne Motter Wayne L. Heuer Gordon Pearson Bradley Gust Roger L. Thompson, as Personal Representative of Marion Thompson Estate Al Halvorson Ron Halvorson Wayne Schatzke Alex Watt Larry Nesemeier Paul Brakke Ron W. Plath Norman Sletmoe St. Paul Bank for Cooperatives James E. Nygard United States of America, Acting Through Commodity Credit Corp. Rodney Thompson Marie Thompson Dorothy Anderson Jim Bueling Land O'lakes, Inc. Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc. Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. Of Fargo, Inc. v. Farmland Mutual Insurance Co., Intervenor-Appellee. In Re Woods Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company, Debtor. Wayne Drewes v. Fred A. Carter Kellerman Bros. Roland Heuer Orville Pfingsten Gary Dittmer Sheldon Farmers Elevator Colfax Farmers Elevator Roger McDonald Brian McDonald Roesler Land & Cattle Co. Lyle Roesler Kent Roesler Ada Roesler Carmen Lynnes Lynnes Farms Jack Christensen Merle Schatzke Cleo Brown Clayton Brown Wade Motter Joanne Motter Wayne L. Heuer Gordon Pearson Bradley Gust Roger L. Thompson, as Personal Representative of Marion Thompson Estate Al Halvorson Ron Halvorson Wayne Schatzke Alex Watt Larry Nesemeier Paul Brakke Ron W. Plath Norman Sletmoe v. St. Paul Bank for Cooperatives, James E. Nygard United States of America, Acting Through Commodity Credit Corp. Rodney Thompson Marie Thompson Dorothy Anderson Jim Bueling Land O'lakes, Inc. Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc. Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. Of Fargo, Inc. v. Farmland Mutual Insurance Co., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991