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· 5/4/2009

California Self-Insurers' Security Fund v. Lorber Industries

Citations

  • 564 F.3d 1098
  • 61 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 1722
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 9617
  • 51 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 159

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • California Self-Insurers’ Security Fund claim was not an excise tax
  • “The 12 Bankruptcy Code does not define ‘excise tax,’ and federal courts do not rely on state law 13 labels to determine which obligations qualify. Instead, courts engage in a functional 14 examination to determine if a government exaction is an excise tax.”

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Judges: Farris, Wardlaw, Schwarzer

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