Legal Opinion
Dorfman v. Moorhous (In Re Moorhous)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided April 6, 1995No. 19-31025PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
STEPHEN S. MITCHELL, Bankruptcy Judge.
This case presents an issue of first impression as to whether a retired officer of the Air Force may effectively seH a fixed number of future monthly payments of his mihtary retired pay to which he is entitled so that title to those payments is vested in the assignee. The question arises because the debtor entered into a financial transaction structured in just such a manner but subsequently filed bankruptcy. The assignees seek a declaratory judgment that the monthly retired pay being received by the debtor belongs to them, and they have…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Local Loan Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Johnson v. Home State BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- McCarty v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- In Re Omegas Group, Inc., Debtor. Xl/datacomp, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. John R. Wilson, Trustee, Defendant-Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
- In the Matter of Roy Stewart Nunnally, Bankrupt. Mary Elizabeth Nunnally, Appellant-Cross v. Roy Stewart Nunnally, Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Dutton v. Kondora (In Re Kondora)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa · 1996
- Harmon v. Scott (In Re Scott)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1996
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 77,292 in Re Dudley M. Moorhous, Jr., Debtor. Earl Dorfman Sharon Dorfman v. Dudley M. Moorhous, Jr. Dorothy MoorhousCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- In Re MeyerUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1997
- Stone Street Capital, Inc. v. Granati (In Re Granati)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 2001
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