Legal Opinion
United States v. Fleet Bank of Massachusetts
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 2, 2002No. 01-1464PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This is a bankruptcy case in which the federal government asserts a right to set off the- claims of two agencies, the Internal Revenue Service and the General Services Administration, against contract claims of the debtor as to the General Services Administration. If the government is correct,. Fleet Bank of Massachusetts owes it several hundred thousand dollars, almost all from unpaid tax claims against the now-defunct debtor. Proceedings before the bankruptcy court did not go smoothly, primarily because the government did not keep the court or the other parties informed…
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