Legal Opinion

In Re Newbury Cafe, Inc., D/B/A 29 Newbury, Debtor. Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Newbury Cafe, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 8, 1988No. 87-1964PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this case we are asked to decide whether a so-called oversecured taxing authority may recover from a bankrupt’s estate interest on its debt accruing during the bankruptcy proceedings. Plaintiff Massachusetts Department of Revenue (“DOR”) holds a statutory lien, Mass.G.L. c. 62C § 50, on the property of debtor Newbury Cafe, Inc. (“Newbury”). The value of the property subject to the lien exceeds the sum of the principal amount of the tax debt plus pre-petition interest, and DOR sought in the bankruptcy court a ruling that section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Sexton v. DreyfusSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  3. City of New York v. SaperSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. United States v. J. Allen Harrington, Trustee, in the Matter of G. N. Childress, Dba Childress Transportation Company, BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
  5. United States v. Irving I. Bass, Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of Leland Cameron, BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. In Re KenistonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Hampshire · 1988
  3. In Re LaymonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · 1990
  4. In Re Compass Marine Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1992
  5. In Re CranerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · 1988

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