Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Freedom Group, Incorporated, Doing Business as Metro Metals, Debtor. Freedom Group, Incorporated v. Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 14, 1995No. 94-3080PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Freedom Group, a bankrupt, filed an adversary proceeding against Lapham-Hickey, seeking to undo what it claimed had been a preferential transfer resulting from a judicial seizure of Freedom Group’s bank account. 11 U.S.C. § 547. The bankruptcy judge agreed with Freedom Group and ordered Lapham-Hickey to return the money, but the district court reversed, so the case comes to us on Freedom Group’s appeal.
The facts were stipulated. On June 2 Lap-ham-Hickey obtained a judgment for $7,335.49 (plus interest and costs) against Freedom Group in an Indiana state court. Ten days…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Barnhill v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Bonded Financial Services, Inc., Debtor-Appellant v. European American BankCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- McKenzie v. Irving Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,897 in Re Conner, Debtor. Askin Marine Company v. Clark N. Conner and Doretha S. ConnerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- In the Matter of Taxman Clothing Co., Inc., Debtor. Appeal of Arthur Winer, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Royal v. First Interstate Bank of Commerce (In Re Straight)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit · 1997
- In Re WilkinsonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1996
- Golfview Developmental Center, Inc. v. All-Tech Decorating Co. (In Re Golfview Developmental Center, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2004
- In Re WhiteUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey · 2001
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