Legal Opinion

Sarachek v. Luana Savings Bank

District Court, N.D. Iowa

Decided March 15, 2016No. 15-CV-1015-LRRPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

LINDA R. READE, CHIEF JUDGE,

U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION .. .298

II. JURISDICTION AND STANDARD OF REVIEW .. .298

III. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND .. .299

A. Debtor Enters Bankruptcy .. .299

*298 B. Debtor’s Relationship With The Bank .. .299

C. Sarachek v. Luana Savings Bank . . .301

D. The Appeal .. .302

IV. ANALYSIS ...302

A. Antecedent Debt .. .303

1. Intraday and true overdrafts .. .304

2. The Bank’s conduit theory .. .309

a. The dominion test .. .310

b. The control test .. .311

B. The Bank’s Affirmative Defenses .. .312

1. Contemporaneous…

2Cases cited65 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Norwest Bank Worthington v. AhlersSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Barnhill v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Bonded Financial Services, Inc., Debtor-Appellant v. European American BankCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
  5. Studley v. Boylston National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1913

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  5. In re KuperUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa · 2018

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