Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Gerald Lewis Tarnow, Debtor. Appeal of Commodity Credit Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 3, 1984No. 84-1221PublishedCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The facts, slightly simplified, are as follows. The Commodity Credit Corporation, a federal agency, made a farmer named Tarnow a loan secured by a lien on his crops and equipment. Tarnow went broke before the loan was repaid. He filed a petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 1101 et seq., and the bankruptcy court fixed a deadline, the validity of which is not contested, for the filing of claims against the bankrupt estate. Although the Commodity Credit Corporation knew about the bankruptcy proceeding, it filed its claim against…
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