Legal Opinion
Robert Prewitt v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1986No. 85-1379PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:
The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether under Texas law a former spouse must record in the county deed records her separate interest in real property created by a divorce decree in order to protect the interest against the other spouse’s creditors without notice of the decree. The other spouse’s creditor without notice, in this case the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), filed a federal tax lien against him after the divorce decree became final but before it was properly recorded in the office of the county clerk. We affirm the district court…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. BessSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Woodward v. OrtizTexas Supreme Court · 1951
- Permian Oil Co. v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1937
- State of Florida Ex Rel. Robert L. Shevin, Attorney General, Plaintiff v. Exxon CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Permian Oil Co. v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1937
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Realty Portfolio, Inc. v. HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Texas Commerce Bank-Fort Worth, N.A., Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. United States of America, Defendant-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Wagner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
- Fay E. Sams Money Purchase Pension Plan v. JansenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1999
- United States v. PurcellDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1991
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