Legal Opinion

In Re J. Catton Farms, Inc., Debtor-Appellant v. The First National Bank of Chicago

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided December 11, 1985No. 84-3074PublishedCited by 65 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The current financial crisis in the mid-western farm states is glimpsed from afar in this bankruptcy case. J. Catton Farms, Inc., a very large farming operation undergoing reorganization in bankruptcy, appeals from a judgment of the district court affirming an order by the bankruptcy judge directing Catton to pay more than $300,000 to First National Bank of Chicago. The ground of the order is that the bank had a secured interest in the proceeds of a contract that Catton had made with the U.S. Department of Agriculture not to grow corn (or grain sorghum, but we shall omit…

2Cases cited16 opinions

Barlow v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
Reading Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
In Re Benjamin Pierce Simmons, Bankrupt. Benjamin Pierce Simmons v. J.T. SavellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
Long v. BullardSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
Long and Wife v. BullardSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

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