Charles M. Forman

Opinion in AES Thames – A Pro-Defendant Interpretation of the Ordinary Course of Business Defense

03/04/16

In a 9 page decision signed March 3, 2016 in the AES Thames bankruptcy, Judge Carey of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court held that the recipient of allegedly preferential transfers had received the transfers from the Debtor in the ordinary course of business.  He thus concluded that the Trustee could not avoid and recover the transfers at issue.  Judge Carey’s opinion is available here.

Background

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