Wolfe v. Ebert’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1334
Relies on Murphy v. Hagan · Maners v. Lexington County Savings & Loan Ass'n · 9 F. Supp. 493 - Barringer v. Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co. · Jones v. Godwin · 272 F. Supp. 73 - In Re Perry
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]his contention overlooks the bankruptcy considerations involved. Allowance of the usurious claim for interest ... would reduce the funds available for payment of other claims against the debtors, thereby favoring the claimant at the expense of the debtors’ other creditors.... Since the usury defense is in the best interest of all creditors, the debtors are not estopped from asserting the defense of usury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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