Legal Opinion

First Family Financial Services, Inc. v. Raines (In Re Raines)

District Court, N.D. Georgia

Decided July 1, 1994No. 2:94-cv-00015PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER OF THE COURT

CAMP, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on a lien-holder’s appeal from a final order entered by the Bankruptcy Court on December 8, 1993. 161 B.R. 548. For the following reasons, the Court AFFIRMS the Bankruptcy Court’s decision permitting the Debtors to avoid Appellant’s perfected lien on certain personal property.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158(a), a district court has jurisdiction to hear appeals from final orders of the bankruptcy court. A district court reviews the bankruptcy court’s findings of fact under the “clearly erroneous” standard. See Nordberg v. Arab…

2Cases cited6 opinions

In Re Chase & Sanborn Corporation, Debtor. Paul C. Nordberg, Creditor Trustee v. Arab Banking CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
Thelma C. Raley, Inc., a Florida Corporation, William L. Raley v. Thomas S. Kleppe, Deborah S. KleppeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
In Re Victor D. McGreevy Darlene A. McGreevy Debtors. Darlene A. McGreevy v. Itt Financial ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
Caruthers v. Fleet Finance, Inc. (In Re Caruthers)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 1988
Matter of RainesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 1993

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3Cited by9 opinions

In Re BrownUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Louisiana · 1996
Crawford v. First Family Financial Services of Georgia, Inc. (In Re Crawford)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 1998
In Re FrenchUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1995
In Re MasonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · 2000
In Re RhinesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Montana · 1998

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