Add to ORKGDuring the past three decades, the priority of the federal government as against state and private creditors competing for the assets of debtors has been greatly strengthened. In terms of relative growth, the expansion of federal priority has been comparable to the increased commercial involvement of the United States. In more recent years, Congress and the judiciary have recognized that this increased governmental commercial activity necessitates a restriction in sovereign prerogatives. However, contrary to this general trend toward the contraction of sovereign prerogatives and for reasons appearing unsatisfactory to most commentators, the sovereign prerogative of priority to the assets of a debtor has been expanded rather than limited. ...
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During the past three decades, the priority of the federal government as against state and private c...
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In 1970, the ABA approved a revised version of its insolvency priority recommendation which is now b...
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Over the past decade several countries, including the US, have introduced or redesigned legislation ...
When decedent died in 1940, his personal estate was consumed by the widow\u27s exemption and expense...
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(Excerpt) In bankruptcies, tax status often effects whether claims are entitled to priority. Thus, d...
This article assesses the effect of a reduction in secured creditor priority on distributions and ad...
The Bankruptcy Act allows the trustee in bankruptcy to avoid the effect of certain transactions ente...
(Excerpt) During distribution of the proceeds of a debtor’s estate, creditor claims and expenses are...
Who enjoys statutory preferred creditor status? What justifications exist for jurisdictions to maint...
An association’s six-month lien priority is sometimes termed a “superlien,” but there is nothing par...
During the past three decades, the priority of the federal government as against state and private c...
In a proceeding under Chapter X of the Bankruptcy Act for the reorganization of an insolvent corpora...
In 1970, the ABA approved a revised version of its insolvency priority recommendation which is now b...
Firms create priority rankings among their creditors in three major ways: by issuing secured debt, s...
The purpose of this comment is to analyze the rationale, in terms of both statutory construction and...
Over the past decade several countries, including the US, have introduced or redesigned legislation ...
When decedent died in 1940, his personal estate was consumed by the widow\u27s exemption and expense...
This Article argues that the operation of maritime law undermines a primary justification for credit...
Bankruptcy--Assigned Claim for Wages--Preference; Bankruptcy--time of Filing Claims; Banks and Banki...
(Excerpt) In bankruptcies, tax status often effects whether claims are entitled to priority. Thus, d...
This article assesses the effect of a reduction in secured creditor priority on distributions and ad...
The Bankruptcy Act allows the trustee in bankruptcy to avoid the effect of certain transactions ente...
(Excerpt) During distribution of the proceeds of a debtor’s estate, creditor claims and expenses are...
Who enjoys statutory preferred creditor status? What justifications exist for jurisdictions to maint...
An association’s six-month lien priority is sometimes termed a “superlien,” but there is nothing par...