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First National Bank Of Browning V. Kittson, Et Al., No. 81-Ca-429 (Blkft. Tr. Ct., Oct. 4, 1982) 10 Ilr 6021, Blackfeet Tribal Court

Court Decisions

Plaintiff bank, a Montana corporation doing business within the boundaries of the Blackfeet Reservation, sought possession of the collateral used to secure a loan on which defendants had defaulted. Basing its jurisdiction on the fact that all transactions at issue "arose upon and were to be performed within" the reservation, the court orders that plaintiff is entitled to recover the collateral but is not entitled to a deficiency judgment in excess of the collateral's value because the bank continued to loan money to the defendants despite knowledge of defendants' "financial disarray."

The Bankruptcy Reform Act Of 1978–A Review And Comments, Glenn E. Pasvogel Jr.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Assignments Of Accounts Receivable And The Conflict Of Laws Under The Bankruptcy Act, Eugene J.T. Flanagan

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Under our system of government there is no constitutional requirement that the laws of the various states be uniform. On some points there are considerable differences between the laws of sister states. Such is the case with respect to the test for priority of right among successive assignees of an account receivable. This difference becomes of great importance when a multi-state transaction raises the question of the choice of the applicable law.

Fundamentally the problem is whether the jurisdiction in question follows the rule of Dearle v. Hall,' or the so-called American rule. The former establishes the order of precedence …

Bankruptcy-Secured Debts-Jurisdiction Of State Courts

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.