Legal Opinion

American Cancer Society v. Cook

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 20, 2012No. 10-10989PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:

Karen Cook (“Cook”) was appointed receiver over the assets of a number of related corporations and individuals, who the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) alleged violated multiple federal securities laws. Cook discovered that before the SEC filed its civil complaint, the corporate entities involved had made charitable contributions to the American Cancer Society (“ACS”) totalling $240,000. Cook moved to recover the donations on behalf of the receivership, arguing that they qualified as fraudulent transfers under Texas’s Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Dusenbery v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  2. Warfield v. ByronCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
  3. Robertson v. Dennis (In Re Dennis)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
  4. N W Enterprises Inc v. The City of HoustonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
  5. Cadle Co. v. Duncan (In Re Duncan)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Janvey v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
  2. LSSI Data Corp. v. Time Warner Cable, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2012
  3. Ralph Janvey v. Golf Channel, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015
  4. Perkins v. Lehman Bros., Inc. (In re International Management Associates, LLC)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 2017
  5. Segner v. Ruthven Oil & Gas, LLC (In re Provident Royalties, LLC)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · 2014

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