Legal Opinion

Mid-City Bank v. Skyline Woods Homeowners Ass'n

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 22, 2011No. 10-2618PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

If so authorized, the purchaser of real property from a bankruptcy estate acquires title to the land “free and clear of any interest” identified in 11 U.S.C. § 363(f). After an affiliate of Liberty Building Corporation (“Liberty”) purchased the Skyline Woods Golf Course in Douglas County, Nebraska, from the estate of a Chapter 11 debtor, residents of the surrounding planned community sued the purchasers to enforce express and implied restrictive covenants. The Supreme Court of Nebraska held that the bankruptcy sale did not extinguish equitable interests in having the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Migra v. Warren City School District Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical ExaminersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Durfee v. DukeSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Kalb v. FeuersteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. Richard Gonzales, Juliana Gonzales and Michael Dodge v. Barbara Parks and Jerome ParksCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Bryan v. Stanton (In Re Bryan)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2012
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  3. Sears v. Sears (In re AFY, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2017
  4. Lewis v. Anco Insulations, Inc. (In re Friede Goldman Halter, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Louisiana · 2019
  5. Melikian Enterprises, LLLP v. Steven D. McCormickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2017

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