Legal Opinion
United States v. Brunner
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 3, 1960No. 6282PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICKETT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises the question of whether the United States is entitled to set off in a bankruptcy proceeding an amount it owes the bankrupts on an ex-ecutory contract against its claim for damages arising out of the bankrupts’ failure to- complete that contract.
The bankrupts’ claim arose from their partial performance of a written contract with the Army Engineer Corps, and the claim of the United States is based on a breach of that same contract, occasioned by the filing of a voluntary bankruptcy petition. The contract in question required the bankrupts, Eugene L.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Studley v. Boylston National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Central Trust Co. of Ill. v. Chicago Auditorium Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Zavelo v. ReevesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Irving Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Lesser v. GraySupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- In Re North Atlantic and Gulf Steamship CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1962
- Slaw Construction Corp. v. Hughes Foulkrod Construction Co. (In Re Slaw Construction Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
- Tradex, Inc. v. United States (In Re IML Freight, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1986
- Krajci v. Mt. Vernon Consumer Discount Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
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