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Must the new value be fresh?(CREDIT COLUMN)(Bankruptcy law)
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May 01, 2005 |
Blakeley, Scott E.; Norman, Robert W., Jr. |
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Several courts have addressed the issue of whether new value under bankruptcy preference section 547(c)(4) must be unpaid for the vendor to be credited with this defense. (1) A twist on this issue is whether the new value supplied by the vendor, such as perishable products, must be "fresh", such that returned product must be deducted from the new value calculation.
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Tenth Circuit in Gonzalez v. Nabisco Div. of Kraft Foods, Inc. (In re Furr's Supermarkets, Inc.)("Furr's") (2) recently held that food products supplied by a vendor (otherwise qualifying as subsequent new value), in which a portion was returned by the debtor to ...
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