Legal Opinion
Security First National Bank v. Brunson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1993No. 92-4552PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
Security First National Bank and the law firm of Führer, Flournoy, Hunter & Morton appeal the decision of the district court holding that payment by chapter 7 debtors of a Security First note unconditionally guaranteed by the law firm was an avoidable preference under § 547 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., recoverable from the bank as the initial transferee under 11 U.S.C. § 550(a)(1), and that the firm’s guaranty of the note was not extinguished by the voided payment. We affirm.
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