Legal Opinion

Richardson v. Philadelphia Housing Authority (In Re Richardson)

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided November 21, 1988No. 19-10248PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRUCE I. FOX, Bankruptcy Judge:

By this adversary proceeding the debtors, Nathaniel and Cleo Richardson, seek to recover from the defendant Philadelphia Housing Authority the sum of $685.00 as a voidable preference under § 547(b) of Title 11. Their right to bring this recovery action is premised on Bankruptcy Code §§ 522(h) and 547(b). 1 The defendant raises the affirmative defense that these funds should not be recovered pursuant to the exception set out at 11 U.S.C. § 547(c)(2). After trial, the parties submitted briefs on the issue of this statutory exception. 2

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