Legal Opinion
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co. v. Keach
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 19, 2015No. 15-9003PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This bankruptcy appeal presents an issue of first impression at the federal appellate level: does Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), as enacted in Maine, govern the taking and perfection of a security interest in a right to payment arising under an insurance policy? The bankruptcy court answered this question in the negative; determined that Maine common law controlled; and held that the affected creditor, appellant Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company (Wheeling), had failed properly to perfect its security interest in payments due to the debtor under an…
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