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The Tax Benefit Rule -- A Judicially Broadened Tool For Transactional Tax Equity, Jerry N. Smith

Vanderbilt Law Review

In light of the recent Supreme Court holding in United States v. Bliss Dairy, Inc.10 that the tax benefit rule requires income recognition by a corporation when it distributes previously expensed assets in complete liquidation, this Note assesses the dubious continued vitality of the tax benefit rule's single taxpayer construct-that is, the requirement that the same individual or entity serve as both the deducting and the recovering taxpayer. As the following analysis indicates, expansion of the tax benefit rule into a multiple taxpayer construct potentially requires some form of "recapture" in numerous factual settings previously considered non-taxable under existing nonrecognition …

Postpetition Transfers In Bankruptcy, Darrell W. Dunham

University of Miami Law Review

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Title Iii Of The Bankruptcy Amendments Act Of 1984: The Substantive Changes, Lucinda Mcdaniel

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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The Continuing Puzzle Of Secured Debt, Alan Schwartz

Vanderbilt Law Review

In 1981, I wrote an article showing that no good answer had been given to the question why corporations issue some debt on a secured basis and other debt on an unsecured basis.' This showing had normative implications because claims that the institution of personal property security is efficient or otherwise desirable must be impeached if the actual purposes that security serves are unknown. Consequently, the law's favorable treatment of secured debt-for example, giving it first place in bankruptcy distributions--is without plausible support. My article did not advocate repealing the privileges attached to secured debt, however, because then--current knowledge also …

Exemption Of Erisa Benefits Under Section 522(B)(2)(A) Of The Bankruptcy Code, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This Note argues that the two federal statutes are exempting statutes under section 522(b)(2)(A), and thus BRISA funds should be exempt in a bankruptcy action when the debtor uses the state exemption scheme. Part I argues that standard principles of statutory interpretation, as applied to the language of the bankruptcy statute, refute the possibility that Congress intended the list of statutes in the legislative history to be exclusive. Having established that statutes other than those listed may be included under section 522(b )(2)(A), Part II first refutes the argument that the absence of BRISA from the list of exempting statutes …

Treatment Of Time-Share Interests Under The Bankruptcy Code, Mark C. Eriks

Indiana Law Journal

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Iv. Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Lifting The Cloud Of Uncertainty Over The Repo Market: Characterization Of Repos As Separate Purchases And Sales Of Securities, William F. Hagerty, Iv

Vanderbilt Law Review

In light of the actual and potential financial harm that repo investors faced after failures of several repo market participants,this Note proposes a new legal characterization of repos and argues for adoption of proposed Bankruptcy Code amendments pertaining to repos. Both of these suggestions would give repo investors significant future financial protection without destroying the financially attractive characteristics of repurchase agreements.

Part II of this Note begins laying the foundation for this proposal by discussing current repo market problems that the failures of several repoissiers have exposed.

Part II discusses new policies concerning the appropriate uses of the collateral securities …

Efficiency Justifications For Personal Property Security, James J. White

Vanderbilt Law Review

It is always more interesting to challenge the received wisdom than to defend it. Yet in this case, a careful analysis of the facile assertions about the expansion of credit by the granting of security and about the other presumed efficiencies of security produces arguments and evidence that strengthen rather than weaken the efficiency arguments. In the first place, it appears that the granting of security does in fact expand the credit granted to risky debtors and thus that any efficiency equation must consider the probable benefits of such expansion. Second, a close examination of the actual experience not only …

Testing The Limits Of The Bankruptcy Court's Exclusive Jurisdiction In Fraud Cases: Discharge Vs. Criminal Restitution, Blake Atkin

BYU Law Review

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Judicial Lien Priorities Under Article 9 Of The Uniform Commercial Code: Part I, David G. Carlson, Paul M. Shupack

Cardozo Law Review

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Erisa Plans As Property Of Individuals' Bankruptcy Estates, Elynn Lambert

Cardozo Law Review

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Contempt And The Automatic Stay Of The 1978 Bankruptcy Code: Are They Compatible, J. Steven Feldman

Cardozo Law Review

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An Overview Of Workouts From The Perspective Of The Institutional Lender, Richard M. Rosenberg

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.