Legal Opinion

Williams v. Federal Deposit Insurance (In Re Positive Health Management)

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 16, 2014No. 12-20687PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge:

The Bankruptcy Code allows a trustee to recover fraudulent transfers made by the debtor prior to bankruptcy. 11 U.S.C. § 548(a). An innocent recipient of such a fraudulent transfer is not without a defense, however. The Code allows a transferee that takes in good faith to retain what it received from the debtor in a fraudulent transfer “to the extent that such transferee ... gave value to the debt- or in exchange for such transfer.” 11 U.S.C. § 548(c). This appeal from a bankruptcy court decision that allowed the innocent recipient of fraudulent transfers to retain…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Sosa v. Alvarez-MachainSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Adrian Cavallini v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  3. Warfield v. ByronCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
  4. Donell v. KowellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
  5. Balaber-Strauss v. Sixty-Five Brokers (In Re Churchill Mortgage Investment Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2000

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  3. Ultra Petroleum Corporation v. Ad Hoc CommiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
  4. Ultra Petroleum Corp. v. Ad Hoc Comm. of Unsecured Creditors of Ultra Res., Inc. (In Re Ultra Petroleum Corp.)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
  5. United States v. Thad TheallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015

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