Legal Opinion
William Lawrence v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 5, 2015No. 14-5197PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
This case involves whether a Chapter 7 bankruptcy debtor’s trustee can bring into the bankruptcy estate a “good faith” deposit made by the debtor’s assignor with respect to a proposed real estate purchase from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The trustee, William Lawrence, seeks the return of a good faith deposit paid by Eagle Development, LLC to the Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet as part of a Purchase Agreement for the purchase of land entered into on July 18, 2007. Eagle Development later assigned the Purchase Agreement to the debtor, Shelbyville…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Booth v. Vaughan (In Re Booth)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 2001
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