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Reclamation Claims: The Bankruptcy Time Periods for Reclamation Demands Take Precedence Over Longer State Law Period.

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| October 01, 2001 | Nathan, Bruce | COPYRIGHT 2001 National Association of Credit Management. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Under state law, a trade creditor is granted the right to reclaim goods that it had recently sold and delivered to an insolvent buyer. A trade creditor's reclamation rights continue even when the buyer files for bankruptcy. If the creditor satisfies all of the requirements for reclamation, it may realize a greater recovery on its claim than it would otherwise receive if its claim were treated as a lower priority pre-petition general unsecured claim in the buyer's bankruptcy case.

A rarely litigated reclamation issue is whether the Bankruptcy Code's short ten-or twenty-day time periods within which a trade creditor must make a reclamation demand can ever be ...

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