Legal Opinion
Besing v. Hawthorne (In Re Besing)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1993No. 91-7393PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. Ray G. Besing and his law firm, Ray G. Besing & Associates, (jointly “the Debtors”), appeal from a bankruptcy court order dismissing an action in which they sought to invoke 11 U.S.C. § 548 to avoid a state court judgment. Concluding that the judgment, which had dismissed with prejudice the Debtors’ contract and tort claims against Lyn Noble Hawthorne (“Hawthorne”), did not constitute a “transfer” for purposes of § 548, the bankruptcy court dismissed the Debtors’ action. The district court affirmed. We also…
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