Guarracino v. Hoffman

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a trust relationship exists between landlord and tenant with respect to security deposits
• holding bankruptcy priority statute allowing priority to unsecured claims for the recovery of sums deposited with the debtor in connection with the purchase, lease or rental of property is not limited solely to purchase money deposits
• examining legislative history because “it is fairly obvious from the outset that the statute provides at least two possible scenarios.... Unfortunately, the precise meaning of the statute is not evident.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).