Legal Opinion
Southern California Bank v. Zimmerman
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1997No. 95-56841PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Reuben Lynn Hilde and Maureen McDowell Hilde are debtors in Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings in the Central District of California. Southern California Bank (the Bank), a judgment creditor of the Hildes, appeals the decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (the BAP). The BAP held, reversing the bankruptcy court, that under 11 U.S.C. § 544, the Hildes’ bankruptcy trustee could avoid the Bank’s lien on the Hildes’ nonexempt personal property because the Bank had not perfected its lien by the time the Hildes filed their bankruptcy petition. In re Hilde, 189…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Bankr. L. Rep. P 75,756, 22 Ucc rep.serv.2d 1141 Farm Credit Bank of St. Louis, a Federally Chartered Corporation, Farmers Pellet Company, Bank and Trust Company of Litchfield, and James E. Lucas and Thelma F. Lucas, Debtors-Appellees. Appeal of John L. Swartz, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Farm Credit Bank of St. Louis v. LucasDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 1993
- Zimmermann v. Southern California Bank (In Re Hilde)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1995