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Cantwell, In re--Cantwell v. Wood

Ruling
No lien arose under state law to for the trustee to avoid or preserve. (Bankr. W.D. Wash.)
Issue(s)
Statutory Liens.

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on March 06, 2024 , LexisNexis #0524-040

R.C.A. Rubber Co., In re--Suhar v. Pension Benefit Guar. Corp.

Ruling
Motion to dismiss trustee’s avoidance proceeding granted where lien at issue was a statutorylien that not be avoided as a preferential transfer. (Bankr. N.D. Ohio)
Issue(s)
Statutory Liens.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on March 26, 2020 , LexisNexis #0520-041

Mainline Equip., Inc., In re--L.A. Cty. Treasurer & Tax Collector v. Mainline Equip., Inc.

Ruling
Debtor could avoid County's liens as County could not enforce a lien on the personal propertyof the debtor in possession, when the County had failed to perfect the lien as against a bonafide purchaser. (9th Cir.)
Issue(s)
Statutory Liens; Unperfected or Unenforceable Liens.

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Commercial opinion summary, case decided on July 31, 2017 , LexisNexis #0917-016

Leonard v. Murphy (In re Leonard)

Ruling
Debtor could not avoid creditor's interest in cattle.
Issue(s)
Could debtor in possession avoid creditor's interest in cattle where an order for replevin had issued prior to petition date?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on April 08, 2016 , LexisNexis #0516-024

Godley v. Open Grounds Farm Inc. (In re Godley)

Ruling
Debtor could not avoid lien in favor of landlord that was extinguished upon payment seven months prior to petition date.
Issue(s)
Can debtors avoid a lien for rent in favor of landlord and therefore recover its value where the underlying obligation was satisfied seven months prior to petition date?

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on February 05, 2014 , LexisNexis #0214-125

Burr v. United States (In re Burr)

Ruling
IRS tax lien was not avoidable as preference or otherwise.
Procedural posture

Defendant IRS filed a Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 motion for summary judgment on plaintiff debtor's adversary proceeding, which sought to avoid the tax lien of the IRS on the debtor's property as a preference pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 547.

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opinion summary, case decided on April 10, 2007 , LexisNexis #0707-045

In re Tampas

Ruling
Properly recorded prepetition judgment lien was not avoidable unless underlying criminal conviction was reversed on appeal.
Procedural posture

A chapter 7 trustee filed a motion under 11 U.S.C. § 545 to void the government's judgment lien.

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opinion summary, case decided on February 08, 2007 , LexisNexis #0407-005

In re Globe Bldg. Materials Inc.

Ruling
State wage lien could be avoided where statute did not give precedence over bona fide purchasers.
Procedural posture

Appellants, the State of Wisconsin and its Attorney General, sought review of a decision of the District Court for the Northern District of Indiana affirming the bankruptcy court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee bankruptcy trustee in the trustee's adversary proceeding, seeking to set aside the State's wage lien asserted under Wis. Stat. § 109.09 on the net sale proceeds of the debtor's property.

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Court :
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opinion summary, case decided on September 08, 2006 , LexisNexis #1006-022