Creator: National Bankruptcy Archives / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1975">1975</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1979">1979</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Creator National Bankruptcy Archives Year 1975 to 1979

Extent:: 3 linear feet
Abstract:: The Moore Papers document Judge Thomas Moore's process co-writing Chapter 12 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. This collection contains research on family farm bankruptcies, historical material, competing legislation, legal analyses, speeches and testimonies. The papers are collected from 1979 to 1990 and contain many drafts of the Chapter 12 family farmer legislation adopted by Congress in 1987. Researchers should not that these papers are copies and the originals are located at East Carolina University's Special Collections Department.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library [Contact Us]

Extent:: 6 linear feet
Abstract:: Judge Judith K. Fitzgerald has more than 25 years of experience as a Bankruptcy Judge, having presided over matters in the Western District of Pennsylvania (where she was chief judge for five years) as well as in the District of Delaware, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This collection is comprised of records relating to the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. The materials date from 1972 to 2011, and are divided into four series: Administration; Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance; Mediation; Meetings.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library [Contact Us]

Extent:: 11 linear feet
Abstract:: Richard Levin was a New York based bankruptcy lawyer who served as assistant counsel to the House Judiciary Committee between 1975 and 1978. He dedicated those years to the penning of US Federal Bankruptcy Code. Richard Levin Documents on the Creation of the 1978 United States Bankruptcy Code is composed of a collection of research reports, drafts, correspondence, and other documents that describe the creation and follow the progress of the 1978 US Bankruptcy Code largely during the years 1967-1978 with supplementary information from years 1933, 1934, 1959, 1960, 1966, and Bankruptcy Statistics Tables dated 1960-1969.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library [Contact Us]

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