Legal Opinion
UNITED STATES v. MOORE Et Al.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 2, 1975No. 74-687PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to decide whether obligations of an insolvent debtor arising from default in the performance of Government contracts, occurring before an assignment for the benefit of creditors, are entitled to the statutory priority for “debts due to the United States” when the amount of the obligation was not fixed at the time of the assignment. We hold that the obligations, even though unliquidated in amount when the insolvent debtor made the assignment, are entitled to the statutory priority accorded debts due the United States under Rev. Stat. § 3466, 31 U. S. C. § 191, and we…
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