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· 9/30/1982

Massachusetts v. Dartmouth House Nursing Home, Inc. (In Re Dartmouth House Nursing Home, Inc.)

Citations

  • 24 B.R. 256
  • 1982 Bankr. LEXIS 3199
  • 9 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 954

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  • weighing of policies requires state welfare system’s regulations to yield to Bankruptcy Code
  • debts and credits that arose from prepetition activities were the subject of a valid setoff
  • The Bankruptcy Court has the discretion to invalidate the privilege of set-off where set-off would frustrate a Chapter 11 debtor’s ability to reorganize
  • “unsecured creditor may not require payment of a pre-filing unsecured debt as a condition of providing services to the debtor in possession”

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Judges: James N. Gabriel

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