Legal Opinion
Morrison v. Champion Credit Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1991No. 91-2052PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
The issue in this case is whether payments made by a debtor to an unsecured creditor in the ninety days preceding bankruptcy constitute an avoidable preference under 11 U.S.C. § 547(b) when the purpose of the transfers was to make good a check of the debtor that had bounced prior to the ninety-day period. The bankruptcy court ruled that the payments were preferences, and the district court affirmed that holding.
We now affirm the district court. We find all elements of a section 547(b) preference to be present, and we reject appellants’ assertions under 11…
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