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Angell v. Ray J. Pennington Inc. (In re Partitions Plus of Wilmington Inc.)

Angell v. Ray J. Pennington Inc. (In re Partitions Plus of Wilmington Inc.)

Ruling
Transfer was not avoidable due to applicability of contemporaneous exchange for new value defense.
Procedural posture

Plaintiff chapter 7 Trustee filed an adversary proceeding against defendant creditor seeking to avoid a transfer from the debtor as preferential. The creditor had worked as a subcontractor for the debtor. The creditor asserted, inter alia, that the payments could not be avoided because they were a contemporaneous exchange for new value given to the debtor under 11 U.S.C.S. § 547(c)(1). Both parties filed summary judgment motions.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on March 20, 2008 , LexisNexis #0808-067