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The Priority Secured Party/Subordinate Lien Creditor Conflict: Is "Lien-Two" Out In The Cold?, David Frisch
The Priority Secured Party/Subordinate Lien Creditor Conflict: Is "Lien-Two" Out In The Cold?, David Frisch
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The coexistence of secured and unsecured creditors leads inevitably to conflicts between the two. How these conflicts are resolved depends to a great extent on the context in which they arise. It is not the purpose of this Article to examine the ways in which these conflicting interests are handled in insolvency proceedings, whether common law or statutory. Instead, its focus will be on the clash which occurs when an unsecured creditor armed with a judgment attempts to satisfy that judgment by resort to property of the debtor which is already subject to a perfected security interest. Assuming the priority …
Efficiency Justifications For Personal Property Security, James J. White
Efficiency Justifications For Personal Property Security, James J. White
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In February of 1983 Pan American World Airways issued 100 million dollars of convertible secured notes. As security for these notes it put up three Boeing 747 SP aircraft, two 747-100 aircraft, and one McDonnell Douglas DC10-30. The appraised value of these aircraft was 157 million dollars. To the extent possible under the law, Pan American made these aircraft subject to the claims of the owners of the new notes. On default, the note holders would have the first claim on these aircraft, would have the right to repossess them outside of bankruptcy, and would have the right to the …