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· 5/21/1998

In Re Southern Star Foods, Inc., Debtor, State Insurance Fund v. Southern Star Foods, Inc. Kenneth G.M. Mather, Trustee

Citations

  • 144 F.3d 712
  • 1998 Colo. J. C.A.R. 2571
  • 40 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 93
  • 15 Colo. Bankr. Ct. Rep. 260
  • 22 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1363
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 10232
  • 32 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 783
  • 1998 WL 257164

How courts have described this case

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

  • relying on H.R.Rep. No. 95-595, at 187, 357 (1978), reprinted in 1978 U.S.C.C.A.N. 5963, 6313 and S.Rep. No. 95-989, at 69 (1978), reprinted in 1978 U.S.C.C.A.N. 5787, 5855
  • relying on H.R.Rep. No. 95-595, at 187, 357 (1978), reprinted in 1978 U.S.C.C.A.N. 5963, 6313 and S.Rep. No. 95-989, at 69 (1978), reprinted in 1978 U.S.C.C.A.N. 5787, 5855
  • relying on H.R. Rep. No. 95-595, at 187, 357 (1978), reprinted in 1978 U.S.C.C.A.N. 5963, 6313 and S. Rep. No. 95-989, at 69 (1978), reprinted in 1978 U.S.C.C.A.N. 5787, 5855
  • priority statutes must be read narrowly because “the overriding objective in bankruptcy cases is equal distribution of the debtor's limited resources among its creditors”
  • “The split in the circuits is, in itself, evidence of the ambiguity of the phrase ‘contributions to an employee benefit plan’... .”
  • priority statutes must be read narrowly because “the overriding objective in bankruptcy cases is equal distribution of the debtor's limited resources among its creditors”

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Judges: Brorby, Barrett, Briscoe

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