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Rethinking Absolute Priority After Ahlers, John D. Ayer
Rethinking Absolute Priority After Ahlers, John D. Ayer
Michigan Law Review
There was no evident reason why the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Norwest Bank Worthington v. Ahlers. It can be conceded that the issue was important: in the midst of an agricultural depression, a farmer was trying to hang onto his farm without paying the full amount of his bank debt. The farmer argued that he ought to be able to do so because he was offering to contribute "new value" beyond what he was obliged to contribute - specifically, his efforts as a farmer.
For Ahlers is a case with a past, as well as a future. Thus, in …
Civil Procedure On The American Frontier, William Wirt Blume
Civil Procedure On The American Frontier, William Wirt Blume
Michigan Law Review
The Treaty of Greenville (1795) by which Indian tribes of the Northwest Territory ceded to the United States the eastern and southern parts of the area which later became the state of Ohio, provided that certain small areas north and west of the treaty line should also be ceded.
Foreign Exchange Restrictions And Public Policy In The Conflict Of Laws, Evsey S. Rashba
Foreign Exchange Restrictions And Public Policy In The Conflict Of Laws, Evsey S. Rashba
Michigan Law Review
The general movement towards national economic planning and away from the freedom of the liberal age has brought about unprecedented state interference with international trade. These interferences have vastly increased during the past twenty-five years and have grown at a rapid pace during the last decade.