Legal Opinion
Gribben v. United States (In Re Gribben)
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 29, 1993No. Bankruptcy No. 90 B 11961, No. 92 Civ. 1568 (PNL), Adv. No. 91-5409A(CB)PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LEVAL, District Judge.
The United States (the defendant-appellant) appeals an order by Bankruptcy Judge Cornelius Blackshear, dated January 8, 1992, requiring the Internal Revenue Service to pay pre-petition tax refunds to debtor Richard D. Gribben (the plaintiff-appellee).
The IRS challenges the debtor’s standing to bring an action for turnover under 11 U.S.C. § 542; raises a defense of sovereign immunity to debtor’s demand for payment of the pre-petition tax refunds; and challenges the Bankruptcy Court’s decision on the merits.
Background
On June 21, 1990, the debtor filed a…
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