Legal Opinion

Mitsubishi International Corp. v. Clark Pipe & Supply Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 28, 1984No. 83-3326PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Associates Commercial Corporation appeals from a district court judgment holding that under Louisiana law Mitsubishi International Corporation has a valid vendor’s privilege on steel pipe sold to Clark Pipe & Supply Co., and that Mitsubishi’s privilege primes Associates’s chattel mortgage on the same pipe. We affirm the holding of the district court.

I. FACTS

Clark Pipe & Supply Co. was in the business of buying and selling steel pipe. From 1979 through 1981, Clark purchased various quantities of Japanese manufactured steel pipe on credit from Mitsubishi. In…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. In the Matter of Missionary Baptist Foundation of America, Inc., Debtors. Robert B. Wilson, Trustee v. Robert G. HuffmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  3. In the Matter of Don Orriel Neis, Debtor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  4. In the Matter of Charles Moore Bardwell, Jr., Bankrupts. Highland Village Bank v. Charles Moore Bardwell, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  5. Boydston v. BoydstonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In The Matter Of Clark Pipe And Supply Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
  2. 12 Collier bankr.cas.2d 727, Bankr. L. Rep. P 70,307 in Re Wayne A. Reid, Dorothy D. Reid, D/B/A International Mailing Systems, Debtors. First Bank of Catoosa v. Wayne A. Reid and Dorothy D. Reid, Individually, and D/B/A International Mailing Systems, and Mickey D. Wilson, Trustee, and Community Bank & Trust Co., Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
  3. Mitsubishi International Corporation v. Clark Pipe And Supply Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  4. First Bank of Catoosa v. ReidCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
  5. Smith v. Associates Commercial Corp. (In re Clark Pipe & Supply Co.)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990

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