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Chapter 7 Foreclosure Fraudulent Conveyance

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

The Third Circuit Determines That New Jersey Tax Foreclosure Is Subject To Bankruptcy Preference Avoidance

Unlike mortgage foreclosures, which are immune from fraudulent conveyance avoidance attack, the Third Circuit recently ruled, in a case of first impression, that a transfer of title pursuant to a New Jersey tax sale...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Can Tax Sales Be Set Aside In Bankruptcy? The Federal Courts Are Increasingly Split

In BFP v. Resolution Tr. Corp., 511 U.S. 531 (1994), the Supreme Court held that a mortgage foreclosure sale conducted in accordance with state law was shielded from avoidance under the Bankruptcy Code’s fraudulent conveyance...more

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Even a Tax Authority May Sometimes Have to Pay

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In 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...more

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

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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 transfer was a fraudulent conveyance, but...more

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