Legal Opinion
Laird v. Bartz (In re Newman Companies)
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided May 20, 1992No. Bankruptcy No. 84-04399; Adv. No. 86-0165PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
DALE E. IHLENFELDT, Bankruptcy Judge.
The issue before the court is whether a payment to the trustee of an irrevocable trust is a voidable preference under the Bankruptcy Code, and if so, from whom the preference may be recovered. The plaintiff trustee, Benjamin W. Laird, seeks to recover the sum of $19,643.12 paid by the debtor to the defendant, Barbara A. Bartz, on or about August 8, 1984. To determine this issue, the court looks to Sections 547 and 550 of the Code.
The debtor filed a petition under chapter 11 on October 18, 1984, and the plaintiff, Benjamin W. Laird, was appointed…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bonded Financial Services, Inc., Debtor-Appellant v. European American BankCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Louis W. Levit, Trustee of V.N. Deprizio Construction Co. v. Ingersoll Rand Financial CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,497 in the Matter of John B. Prescott and Janet L. Prescott, Debtors. Appeals of Marine Bank Dane County, Gateway Foods, Inc. & Jerry J. Armstrong, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Lester Crown v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- Levit v. Ingersoll Rand Financial Corp. (In Re V.N. Deprizio Construction Co.)District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Stephen W. Rupp, Trustee v. Edwin Markgraf, Mary A. MarkgrafCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
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