Legal Opinion
Chicago Title Insurance v. Sherred Village Associates
District Court, D. Maine
Decided June 14, 1982No. Civ. 76-56 PPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT
GIGNOUX, Chief Judge.
This action, seeking a declaratory judgment on the respective priorities of a mechanic’s lien and a mortgage assigned to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is before the Court for the second time, on a remand from the Supreme Court for reconsideration in light of that Court’s intervening decision in United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc., 440 U.S. 715, 99 S.Ct. 1448, 59 L.Ed.2d 711 (1979). The Court concludes that state lien priority law is to be adopted as the federal rule of decision, and, accordingly, that the mechanic’s…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. YazellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. View Crest Garden Apts., Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- Pankow Construction Co. v. Advance Mortgage Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. Jose Luis Castro, Alberto Duque, Gaston Pereira, Jaime Bayon, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Chicago Title Insurance Company v. Sherred Village Associates, Chicago Title Insurance Company v. Sherred Village Associates, Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- Chicago Title Insurance v. Sherred Village AssociatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983