United States Sixth Circuit

In a bankruptcy trustee's action seeking to recover a $100,000 payment made to defendant as an avoidable preference under the Bankruptcy Code, a ruling in favor of the trustee is reversed where the trustee in bankruptcy failed to meet his burden of proving the elements necessary to establish that the payment to defendant was preferential, and thus avoidable under 11 U.S.C. section 547(b).

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/14/2007
• Published 12/14/2007

Judges

• Before:  NORRIS, GILMAN, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Leon Friedberg, Carlile, Patchen & Murphy, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.  Timothy A. Riedel, Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Leon Friedberg, Carlile, Patchen & Murphy, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.  Timothy A. Riedel, Nicholas V. Cavalieri, Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.  Marshall S. Filler, Obadal, Filler, MacLeod & Klein, Alexandria, Virginia, for Amicus Curiae.