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About BankruptcyRealEstateInsights

Vicki R. Harding was a partner in the Detroit office of Pepper Hamilton LLP who moved to Arizona seeking warmer weather. Ms. Harding continues to handle commercial transactions with an emphasis on real estate and bankruptcy issues (but no longer owns a snow shovel).

Property Tax Foreclosure: Tax Authority May Have to Pay for Equity in Property

Clinton County Treasurer v. Wolinsky, 511 B.R. 34 (N.D.N.Y. 2014) – A chapter 7 trustee sought to avoid a property tax foreclosure as a fraudulent transfer and then to recover damages from the foreclosing county. The bankruptcy court agreed that the … Continue reading

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Affiliate Transfer: Fraudulent Conveyance or Unwinding Resulting Trust?

Anderson v. Architectural Glass Constr., Inc. (In re Pfister), 749 F.3d 294 (4th Cir. 2014) – A chapter 7 trustee sought to set aside as a a debtor’s transfer of her interest in property held jointly with her husband to her … Continue reading

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Bankruptcy Sales and Leases: “Free And Clear” May Not Be So “Free And Clear”

Dishi & Sons v. Bay Condos LLC, 510 B.R. 696 (S.D.N.Y. 2014) – In approving the sale of a Chapter 11 debtor’s assets, a bankruptcy court found that a tenant of the debtor was entitled to continue in possession of … Continue reading

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Environmental Claims: Twenty Years Later

In re Solitron Devices, Inc., 510 B.R. 890 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2014) – A Chapter 11 debtor moved to reopen its bankruptcy case more than 15 years after it was closed in order to enforce the plan confirmation order to … Continue reading

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Post-Petition Interest: Default Rate Is Not a Slam Dunk

In re Residential Capital, LLC, 508 B.R. 851 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2014) – An oversecured creditor claimed post-petition interest at the contract default rate. The debtors and the post-confirmation liquidating trust objected, arguing that the lender should be limited to the … Continue reading

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Sale “Free and Clear”: Adequate Protection of Nothing is Nothing

In re Elk Grove Village Petroleum, 510 B.R. 594 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2014) – After substantially all of the debtors’ assets were sold in a bankruptcy sale, a secured lender and a state tax authority made competing claims for turnover … Continue reading

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