Ronald J. Sommers v. International Business MacHines and West Publishing Company, Defendants

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This is a bankruptcy case in which the trustee in bankruptcy, plaintiff-appellant herein, filed a complaint to sell free and clear of liens certain personal property in the estate of the debtor, including law books which are the subject of the claimed perfected security interest of defendant-ap-pellee, West Publishing Company. The bankruptcy judge denied the trustee’s complaint, and the district court affirmed. We reverse on the ground that West’s security interest was not perfected under the Texas statute, which tracks the Uniform Commercial Code.

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