Legal Opinion
Pope v. Haas & Wilkerson, Inc. (In Re Alabama State Fair Authority)
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided February 26, 1999No. Bankruptcy No. 94-03695-BGC-9, Nos. CV98-BU-2037-S, CV98-BU-2813-S, CV98-BU-2859-S, CV98-BU-2860-S, CV98-BU-2861-S, CV98-BU-2862-S, CV98-BU-2920-S, CV98-BU-2921-S, CV98-BU-2922-S, CV98-BU-2969-SPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum Opinion
BUTTRAM, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
On June 24, 1994, the Alabama State Fair Authority (“ASFA”, “debtor” or “debtor in possession”), filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama. In re Alabama State Fair Authority, BK 94-03695-BCG-9. 1 Discovering that ASFA was a municipality — i.e., a “political subdivision or public agency or instrumentality of a State,” 11 U.S.C. § 101(40), eligible to file a bankruptcy petition as a debtor under Chapter 9, the…
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