Legal Opinion
In Re Chambers
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided May 26, 2011No. 19-51761PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION ON STATUS OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS
C. RAY MULLINS, Bankruptcy Judge.
The issue before the Court is whether campaign contributions made to a candidate for public office (“campaign funds”), who files bankruptcy without incorporating the campaign, are property of the bankruptcy estate. The Debtor initially raised this issue in a Complaint for Contempt and Request for Damages and Sanctions for Willful Violation of the Automatic Stay (the “Complaint”) filed October 22, 2010, which commenced Adversary Proceeding No. 10-6588-CRM (the “Adversary Proceeding”). In the Complaint, Debtor…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. Whiting Pools, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Patterson v. ShumateSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- In Re Challenge Air International, Inc., Debtor. United States of America v. Challenge Air Int'l Inc., American Express Bank InternationalCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- In Re ColarussoBankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2003
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Rosetta Stone Communications, LLC v. Gordon (In re Chambers)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 2013
- Chesley v. Hammons (In re Chesley)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 2016