Legal Opinion
Creasy v. Coleman Furniture Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1985No. Nos. 84-2033(L), 84-2034PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEEDEN, Circuit Judge:
Coleman Furniture Company filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Act on November 3, 1982. In July of 1983, the Coleman Furniture bankruptcy action was converted to a Chapter 7 liquidation action. The Chapter 7 trustee, Roy Creasy, filed an adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court in which he sought to determine the rights to funds of the Coleman Furniture Company employee pension fund and to recover any excess funds as assets of the bankrupt’s estate. Coleman Furniture, prior to the bankruptcy filing, had a pension plan to provide retirement…
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