In re Green River Coal Co.

MEMORANDUM

DAVID T. STOSBERG, Bankruptcy Judge.

The Court presently confronts a controversy requiring an interpretation of Kentucky’s version of the Uniform Commercial Code. The Unsecured Creditor’s Committee (the “Committee”) has challenged the secured status of key creditors in this case, Texas Commerce Bank National Association, Nor-west Bank Denver, N.A., Banque Paribas and Den norske Bank AS (collectively, the “Bank Group”). The issue is whether the continuation statement filed by the Bank Group in the same county as the properly filed original financing statement, continues the…