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· 1/12/1988

In the Matter of Compton Corp., Debtor. Walter Kellogg, Trustee v. Blue Quail Energy, Inc., and Mbank Abilene, N.A.

Citations

  • 831 F.2d 586

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that \[i]t is well established that a letter of credit and the proceeds therefrom are not property of the debtor's estate\
  • property transferred as required by original pledge but within preference period held not to be a preference because it related back to original pledge
  • application of doctrine of indirect transfer used as a sword to avoid a letter of credit transfer
  • “The entire purpose of the direct/indirect doctrine is to look through the form of a transaction and determine which entity actually benefitted from the transfer.”
  • property transferred as required by original pledge but within preference period held not to be a preference because it related back to original pledge
  • mere \circuity of arrangement\ cannot redeem a transaction which has the effect of a preference

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Judges: Brown, Johnson, Williams

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