Legal Opinion
In Re White Crane Trading Co., Inc.
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California
Decided June 14, 1994No. 19-20527PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
CHRISTOPHER M. KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge:
This motion seeks to revoke an order entered in this case authorizing a sale, variously termed “Chapter 11 Sale” or “Bankruptcy Sale” or “Cash Raising Sale”, to be conducted on the premises of the debtor furniture retailer.
The controlling question is whether Judicial Code § 959(b), 28 U.S.C. § 959(b), prevents merchants from using bankruptcy as a screen for conducting financial distress sales of indefinite duration in a manner inconsistent with state consumer protection or deceptive trade practice laws.
A merchant operating as a…
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