Legal Opinion
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Waligora
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided November 12, 1982No. CIV-82-16EPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
ELFVIN, District Judge.
General Motors Acceptance Corp. (“GMAC”) appeals from an order of the Bankruptcy Court that, under section 544 of the Bankruptcy Code, the trustee could avoid a lien asserted by GMAC on the debt- or’s 1980 Corvette automobile and that GMAC’s claim would be allowed on an unsecured rather than a secured basis. In a memorandum decision entered December 1, 1981, the Hon. John W. Creahan, Bankruptcy Judge in this district, held that GMAC did not have a perfected security interest in the automobile because the certificate of title issued with respect…
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