-
Chapter I Creditor
’
s
Remedies und
er State Law
Assignment 1: unsecured creditor
1.
主线:
Default
?
judgment
?
writ
?
l
evy
< br>?
sale/strict foreclosure
2. Vitale v. Hotel California, Inc. (
446 A.2d 880, 1982)(further
l
evis based on the
same writ
are authorized und
er the
writ before the return day
if the initial l
evy
d
oes not satisfy the
judgment; if want to get amercement because of the
failure of
l
evy,
P
must
show
the
officer
’
s
behavior
d
eprived
him
of
substantial
benefit
to
which
he
was
entitl
e
und
er
the
writ,
but
for
officer
’
s
conduct,
he
woul
d
have
received such benefit through
execution)
3.
Ell
erbee
v.
County
of
Los
Angelas
(187
.4
th
1206,
2010)
—
Sheriff
拖延
l
e
vy,
导致
D
最终没法偿债(
rigid
requirements
for
imposition
of
government
liability:
mandatory
obligatory
+
P
must
show
the
injury
is
one
of
the
consequences which the
enacting body sought to prevent through imposing
the
alleged mandatory duty
)
--this case
fail
ed on prong I
4.
Exemption
5.
禁止
Fraudul
ent
Transfers
(两类)
?
any transfer
mad
e with actual intent to
hind
er, d
elay, or
d
efraud any
creditor
—
需要证明
bad
intent
—
很难
?
any
transfer
mad
e
without
receiving
a
reasonably
equivalent
value
in
exchange for the transfer
—
不需要证明
fraudul
ent intent
Assignment 2: Security and
Forecl
osure
重点:
?
各种创建
SI
的
transaction
—
p>
见笔记
重点相关法条
:
9-109
(a)(1)
: Except as otherwise
provid
ed in subsections (c) and
(d), this article applies to:
a
transaction,
regardl
ess
of
its
form,
that
creates
a
security
interest
in
personal
property or fixtures by contract
其中
sale
of
account
这种创建
SI
的形式相关法条
—
9-102(a)(2),
(3)
(2
—
关于
account; 3
—
关于
account
d
ebtor)
—
a
sal
e of account with recourse is in
substance
a secured l
oan;
asset securitization
这种创建
SI
p>
的形式,
with/without
recourse
都行,
any kind of
assets
?
exemptio
n
只适用于
unsecured creditor
?
2.3
中涉及到作为
creditor
(bank)
的律师,虽然可以为
bank
的
client
提供一
定的服务,
但是要告知他是为
bank
服务的,不能完全
< br>neutral
地处理
bank
和其
client
的问题。
同时律师做
事的时候也要完全从其当事人的角度出发考
虑问题。
?
9-610 (a), (b),
(c)
—
d
eposition of
collateral after d
efault
?
9-623
—
right to
red
eem collateral
Assignment 3: Repossession of
Collateral
重点:
?
9-609
secured
party
’
s right of possession
after debtor
’
s
d
efault
(a):
possess
的形式:
?
Possess;
?
Leave
equipment
temporarily
in
the
possession
of
D
but
rend
er
it
unusabl
e
(b):
实现方式:
judicial
process (
最简单方式:
file action
of
repl
evin,
拿到
writ
of repl
evin
后可以不给<
/p>
D
发
notice
然后
repo)
;
self-
help
但注意不能
breach
of peace
9-609(b)(2)
breach
of
peace
p>
的判断基本方式:
potential
for
immediate
viol
ence
+
nature of the premises (Salisbury
Livestock Co. v. Col
orad
o
Central Credit
Union)
breach of
peace
的具体情形:见笔记
?
Self-help
against accounts as collateral
Creditors
who
know
the
id
entity
of
the
account
D
can
simply
send
them
written notices to pay
directly to the SC.
9-607
9-406
(a)
:
an
account
d
ebtor
on
an
account,
chattel
paper,
or
a
payment
intangibl
e may discharge its
obligation by paying the assignor until, but not
after,
the
account
d
ebtor
receives
a
notification,
authenticated
by
the
assignor
or
the
assignee,
that
the
amount
due
or
to
become
due
has
been
assigned and that
payment is to be mad
e to the assignee.
After receipt of the
notification,
the
account
d
ebtor
may
discharge
its
obligation
by
paying
the
assignee
and
may
not
discharge
the
obligation
by
paying
the
assignor
[notification]
9-406 (c)
: if
requested by the
account
d
ebtor, an assignee shall reasonably
furnish
reasonabl
e
proof
that
the
assignment
has
been
mad
e.
Unless
the
assignee complies, the account
d
ebtor may discharge its obligation by
paying
the
assignor,
even
if
the
account
d
ebtor
has
received
a
notification
und
er
subsection
(a)
(9-404(a)
—
rights
acquired by assignee)
?
Right to
possession pending
foreclosure
—
real property
1)
Appointment
of
a
receiver
—
an
officer
of
the
court
with
fiduciary
obligations to all
have an interest in the property
—
问题是:
court seld
om
appoint
this
unl
ess
the
mortgage
has
terms
providing
for
such
appointment. The creditor must
show that und
er
the circumstances of
the
particular case, its remedy at law is
inad
equate)
2)
Assignments of rents as
ad
ditional SI in mortgage
Assignment 4 Judicial Sale
(1)
Strict
foreclosure: creditor
?
owner
of collateral (not result in a sale)
不适用:
contracts for deed or
installment land contracts
(2) Judicial
sal
e process-
笔记
?
p>
Debtor
的反抗:
officer
p>
违反
law or the judgment of
forecl
osure; sale price is
inad
equate (
如何判断<
/p>
price
过低
—
笔记
)
?
让
court
不
confirm the sale and
reschedul
e a sale
Price
过低:
Armstrong
v.
Csurilla
(817
P
.2d
1221,
1991
):
10%--40%
of
value
calls
for
special scrutiny by the
court to be sure that: ad
ditional
circumstances d
o not
produce
an inequitabl
e result; the grossly
inad
equate price is not confirmed
absent good reason why it
shoul
d be.
Two
principl
es to d
etermine the
price:
1)
Valuation of foreclosed property occurs
at the date of the foreclosure sale
2)
The sale price
is conclusive of the
property
’
s value
?
General rule
—
redeem
(
p
ay the full biding price of Buyer in the sale
)
--
可以
incent
ive
bid
d
er
投高了一点,这样
D
比较难
red
eem;
当然也存在
bid
p>
d
er
考
虑有
p>
red
eem,
投价不会高的问题
Minority
rule: statutory
right
—
red
eem the
collateral from the
buyer
after
sale
?
导致
sell at l
ow
price
的原因
:
1)
poor
advertising
2)
Inspection (little opportunity for C to
inspect the property for sale)
3)
Titl
e and Condition (caveat
emptor principl
e applies)
4)
Hostile
situation
5)
Statutory right to red
eem
?
Antid
eficiency
statutes
一些州
(
这是当
sale prices
p>
不够高时需要考虑的问题,
因为
court
may refuse to grant d
eficiency
judgment)
?
Credit bid
ding at judicial
sal
es (
一般可以在之后的
re
sal
e
中得利
)
(bid
时要考虑:不能太低,不然
可能
court
会认为
price
is too inad
equate
,从而
< br>否认了
sale,
reschedul
e
the
sale;
还有不能太低,不能让
D
容易
red
eem;
不用太
高,因为可以让
D
付<
/p>
deficiency,
但要注意有些州有
antid
eficiency statute)
Assignment 5 Article 9
forecl
osure sal
e
?
Acceptance of
collateral (strict forecl
osure)
(1)
D
can
consent
in
writing
to
SC,
l
etting
the
collateral
in
full
or
in
partial
satisfaction of the
obligation
9-620(c)(1)
—
partial satisfaction
—
actual consent
9-620(c)(2)
—
可以
implied consent by D
(
if SC sends the
D a
proposal of
retention
of the
collateral in full satisfaction
of d
ebt
and
d
oes
not receive
a
notification of objection
to the proposal within 20 days; silent=consent;
oral
objection
不抵用)
9-620
(a)
—
conditions of right to
consent:
1)
No
objection from others hol
ding liens
against the collateral
2)
Acceptance
in
partial
satisfaction
is
not
permitted
in
a
consumer
transaction
3)
Sale
is
an
absolute
prerequisite
to
a
d
eficiency
judgment
for
consumer
goods
4)
Collateral
是
consumer
goods
时,
D can consent full
satisfaction only if SC
repossess the
collateral
5)
Strict foreclosure is not permitted if
D has paid 60% of the case price of
consumer goods purchased on credit or
60% of the l
oan against other
consumer goods
?
Sale procedure und
er
Articl
e 9 (
笔记
)
9-610 (
尤其是
(a),
(b), (c))
9-611
—
prior
notice (
尤其是
a, d[exception])
9-612
—
timeliness
of Notification Before Disposition of Collateral
9-623
—
red
eem
(
区别于
statutory
red
emption in judicial sale ) [
< br>包括
red
eem
要支付的费用
以及时间点
]
:
before
sale
or
contract
to
sale;
full
amount
of
d
ebt +
SC
’
s attorney fees and
expenses of sal
e
9-624
—
waiver
(9-624(a)
after
d
efault,
by
agreement
to
waive
the
notification of disposition of
collateral)
?
Problem
with
Article
9
Sale
Procedure
(D
可以
resist
sale
并
sue
for
collateral damages
(collateral
是
consumer
goods
时
, D has a right to
recover a
statutory
penalty-9-625(c)(2))
的理由
)
Failure to sell the
collateral:
Whether SC has attempt to
accept the collateral without
D
’
s consent
--yes, courts could ord
er a
sale or award damage for non-
compliance--
9-625
(a),(b)
--
no,
看
sale
是否
commercially reasonably
manner
—
if
unreasonabl
e,
要<
/p>
按照以
reasonabl
e
方式能获得的来计算
d
eficiency
—
9-626(a)(2)
Lack of notice of
sale
—
9-611
require notice of sale
(no
notice
不等于
invalidate
the
sale,
只是
reduce
the
amount
of
the
d
eficiency
the SC can recover
或者
eliminate the
d
eficiency altogether)
9-613
: contents and form of
notification for non-consumer goods
9-614
:
…
for consumer goods
No commercially
reasonabl
e
sal
e
—
9-610
(b)
(
法条太
vague,
需要
case by
case
地分析
)
9-627(a)
:
不同时间或不同方式可以卖更多,
i
s
not
of
itself
sufficient
to
preclud
e
the
secured
party
from
establishing
that
the
coll
ection,
enforcement,
disposition,
or
acceptance
was
mad
e
in
a
commercially
reasonabl
e manner
9-627(b)
:
认为是
commercially
reasonabl
e
的处理方式:
1.
in the usual
manner on any recognized market;
2.
at the price
current in any recognized market at the time of
the
disposition; or
3.
otherwise
in
conformity
with
reasonabl
e
commercial
practices
among d
eal
ers in
the type of property that was the subject of
the disposition.
9-626(a)(4)
:
在
lack
of
notice
以及
unreasonabl
e
p>
sale
时,
rebuttabl
e
presumption: the value of
collateral at l
east equal to the amount
of the
d
ebt---
要获得
d
eficiency,
就需要
SC
rebut
the
presumption
by
proving
the
collateral
was
worth
l
ess
than
the
amount
of
the
d
ebt.
Deficiency=Debt-the value of collateral
(majority rul
e)
9-626(a)(3),(4)
: court must
d
etermine the value of the collateral
[minority
rul
e
:
d
eny d
eficiency at all
provid
ed any significant irregularity
in the sal
e procedure]
?
9-615
(a)
—
distribution of sales
money
9-615(d)
—
surplus
and d
eficiency if obligation secured
?
9-626
Red
eem:
Judicial sale: before sal
e
(minority: post sal
e)
Articl
e 9 sal
e:
before sale
(9-617 (a))
Chapter 2
Creditor
’
s Remedies in
Bankruptcy
1. Bankruptcy and the
automatic stay [Assignment 6]
File
BK
?
automatic stay
关键:
secured
creditor
如何
lift the stay
(unsecured creditor has no such right
—<
/p>
只能
SC
和
ex
pense of BK
后
, share pro
rata)--
lift the
stay
的条件:
D d
oes not
provid
e SC with ad
equate
protection (363(d)(1)) or no BK purpose
(no equity in collateral; not necessary
for reorganization)(363(d)(2))
?
Ad
equate protection
没有明确的标准,
和
cushion of equity
一起看
(
常规
)
,
(In
re Cradd
ock-Terry Shoe
Corporation (98 B.R. 250)
—
C
must receive the same
measure of
protection in BK that he coul
d have had
outsid
e of BK although
the
type
of
protection
way
differ
from
the
bargain
initially
struck
between
the parties
—
本案有
p>
cushion of equity)
Ad
equate
protection
retroactive
date:
the
time
requires
termination
the
stay
(362(e)(
1))
—
这里就是
time
of
filing
of
the
motion
for
ad
equate
protection
(majority
rul
e)
(In re
Cradd
ock-Terry Shoe Corporation (98
B.R. 250)
—
time of filing BK
petition)
(minority
:没有
retroactive date)
?
SC can move to lift the stay at any
time and no times limitation
?
SC is not
entitl
ed to protection against other
l
oses resulting from imposition
of the stay.
注意:
When D uses cash
collateral, ad
equate protection
< br>—
见
Chapter
3
资料最后
2. The treatment of SC in BK
(
算钱
)[Assignment 7]
Calculating claim amount:
Unsecured creditor: amount owed on the
d
ebt und
er non-BK law as the
moment
the
BK
petition
is
filed
(
如果在
pre-petition
of
BK
前有合同约定了
BK
期间的
attorney
fee
及其他费用,那也算
) (502
(b))
—
BK
期间的费用不再算
Secured
creditor:
?
If secured value< claim: secured value
+ [(unsecured) claim-secured
value]
—
两部分没有
post-
petition interests
?
If over-secured: amount owed on the
d
ebt under non-BK law as the moment
the BK petition is filed + post-
petition interests (attorney fees and other costs
也有只要
attorney fees and other
costs
合理,
并且有合同约定或州法有规定
)
BK sale:
?
When the trustee liquidates the
property of the estate, the trustee ordinarily
sells
only
the
D
’
s
equity
in
property
subject
to
a
SI,
because
that
is
all
the
estate
has succeed
ed to und
er BK
Cod
e 541 (a)
?
544(a)
authorizes
the
trustee
to
aband
on
property
of
the
estate
that
is
burd
ensome or of
inconsequential value to the
estate
—
cease to be property
of the estate and ownership revert to
the D
?
automatic
stay
还是在
?
506(c)--sale
expenses: a trustee who has incurred
reasonabl
e, necessary costs
and
expenses
of
preserving,
or
disposing
of
property
securing
an
all
owed
secured
claim
?
recover from the
sal
e property
Secured
Creditor Entitlements: (
三选一
)
?
D and SC agrees
on the treatment to SC und
er plans
?
D
surrend
er the collateral to SC in
satisfaction of the secured claim
?
Distribute to
SC property with a value as of the effective date
of the plan that
is not less than
amount of the allowed secured claim
(Till v. SCS Credit Corporation (541
U.S. 465, 2004)
—
Chapter 13
BK,
方法同上,
最
后
一
种
方
法
< br>?
formula
approach:
court
adjust
national
prime
rate
by
consid
ering
circumstances
of
the
estate,
the
nature
of
security,
duration
and
feasibility of the
reorganization plan)
Chapter 3
Creation of SI