Legal Opinion
In Re Ahaza Systems, Inc., Debtor. Edmund J. Wood, in His Capacity as Chapter 7 Trustee v. Stratos Product Development, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 3, 2007No. 05-35455PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERZON, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns whether payments for product design services made by Ahaza Systems, Inc. to Stratos Product Development LLC shortly before Ahaza filed for bankruptcy were preferential payments that must be returned to the bankruptcy estate. Plaintiff Edmund J. Wood, trustee of Ahaza’s estate for the bankruptcy proceedings, seeks to recover two payments made to Stratos, maintaining that they were preferential and therefore voidable under the Bankruptcy Code. See 11 U.S.C. § 547(c)(2) (2000). The bankruptcy court granted summary judgment for defendant Stratos.…
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