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Tardif v. St. John the Evangelist Church (In re Engler)

Tardif v. St. John the Evangelist Church (In re Engler)

Ruling
Trustee could not recover allegedly fraudulent charitable donation from church that was conduit and not an initial transferee.
Procedural posture

Trustee filed an adversary proceeding to avoid the debtor's transfer to church under 11 U.S.C.S. § 548 and to recover the value of the transfer from the church under 11 U.S.C.S. § 550(a)(1). The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on July 17, 2013 , LexisNexis #0813-022