Legal Opinion

General Electric Company, Lighting Business Group v. Halmar Distributors, Inc. (In Re Halmar Distributors, Inc.)

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided July 10, 1990No. 19-10575PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JAMES F. QUEENAN, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

This is a classic struggle over security between a lender and supplier. General Electric Company, Lighting Business Group (“G.E.”), a supplier of the Chapter 11 Debtors, Halmar Distributors, Inc. (“Halmar”) and Ralar Distributors, Inc. (“Ralar”), has brought an adversary proceeding against the Debtors to establish the validity and priority of its interests in the Debtors’ inventory and the proceeds thereof. Asserting its own security interest in the same collateral, the Debtors’ lender, BayBank Middlesex (“BayBank”), was allowed to intervene.…

2Cases cited23 opinions

Stewart v. FinkelstoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
In the Matter of Chaseley's Foods, Inc., D/B/A Vic's Super Foods, Debtor. Appeal of Daniel L. Freeland, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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Jamesbury Corporation v. Worcester Valve Company, Inc. v. E. W. Bliss Company, IntervenerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by8 opinions

Adams v. Hartconn Associates, Inc. (In Re Adams)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1997
In Re Halmar Distributors, Inc., Debtors. General Electric Company v. Halmar Distributors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
Orix Credit Alliance, Inc. v. Sovran Bank, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
General Electric Co. Business Lighting Group v. Halmar Distributors, Inc. (In Re Halmar Distributors, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1999
Thistlethwaite v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (In Re Pernie Bailey Drilling Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1991

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