Legal Opinion
Angeles Real Estate Co. v. Kerxton
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1984No. 83-1973PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:
Angeles Real Estate Co. (Angeles) sued the trustee of the bankruptcy estate of Construction General, Inc. (CGI) seeking to reclaim funds from the estate. The bankruptcy court and the district court both rejected Angeles’ claim, holding that it was a mere creditor whose only remedy lay in its share of the eventual distribution of assets to CGI’s general creditors. Angeles appealed and we reverse.
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The funds in dispute are the proceeds of a note that a third party paid to CGI. One-half those proceeds had been assigned to Angeles’ predecessor by CGI’s predecessor…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Pearlman v. Reliance InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Jaffke v. DunhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Cross Electric Company, Inc. v. United States of America, in Re Cross Electric Company, Inc., DebtorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Union Trust Co. of Maryland v. TownshendCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1939
- Eastern Shore Building & Loan Corp. v. Bank of SomersetCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1969
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Coral Petroleum, Inc. v. Paribas (In Re Coral Petroleum, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas · 1985
- Rinn v. First Union National Bank of MarylandDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1995
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