United States Fifth Circuit

In a bankruptcy case, the trustee of a debtor may avoid the debtor's transfer of funds where the transfer was a preferential payment of pre-existing debt, and thus avoidable under 11 U.S.C. section 547(b).

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/07/2005
• Published 07/08/2005

Judges

• E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Timothy L. Wentworth (argued), Cage, Hill & Niehaus, Houston, TX, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stewart F. Peck (argued), Jennifer M. Stierman, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, LA, for Appellee.