Legal Opinion

Commerce Bank of Kansas City, N.A. v. Housing Authority of Kansas City

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 17, 1995No. 94-3680PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

The question is whether the district court properly quashed an attempted garnishment of funds held by an insurance company in a pension account for employees of a public housing authority because under state law the funds are public funds and therefore exempt from garnishment. We affirm.

I

The basic underlying facts are undisputed. The appellee, the Housing Authority of Kansas City (Housing Authority), a municipal corporation, borrowed $1,260,000 from the appellant Commerce Bank of Kansas City (Commerce Bank) and gave the bank a promissory note. The Housing…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Weir v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
  2. State Ex Rel. St. Louis Housing Authority v. GaertnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1985
  3. Redbird Engineering Sales, Inc. v. Bi-State Development AgencyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  4. Security State Bank v. County of DentSupreme Court of Missouri · 1940
  5. Burgess v. Kansas CityMissouri Court of Appeals · 1953

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Commerce Bank Of Kansas City, N.A. v. Housing Authority Of Kansas City, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995

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