Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Richard D. HARRIS, Trustee for Alaska Telephone Corporation, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1961-02-01
Citations: 287 F.2d 491
Docket Number: No. 17066
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Richard D. HARRIS, Trustee for Alaska Telephone Corporation, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 287
Pages: 491–492

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Richard D. HARRIS, Trustee for Alaska Telephone Corporation, Appellee.
No. 17066.
United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.
Feb. 1, 1961.
Rehearing Denied March 13, 1961.
Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., I. Henry Kutz, Lee A. Jackson, Karl Schmeidler, Attys., Dept, of Justice, Washington, D. C., Charles P. Moriarty, U. S. Atty., Jacob A. Mikkelborg, Asst. U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for appellant.
Donald A. Schmechel, Seattle, Wash., for appellee.
Before CHAMBERS, HAMLEY and MERRILL, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This appeal involves lien claims in the sum of $7,714.72, asserted by the United States against properties of the Alaska Telephone Corporation, a debtor im reorganization under Chapter X of the Bankruptcy Act. The claim is for penalties imposed on unpaid federal taxes and was disallowed by the Referee in Bankruptcy as in conflict with § 57, sub. j of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 93. Upon review, the ruling of the referee was affirmed by the District Court and the United States has taken this appeal.
The precise point involved was presented to this court in Simonson v. Granquist, 287 F.2d 489, with which case the instant ease was consolidated for purposes of argument. For the reasons set forth in that opinion, we hold the rulings of the referee and the District Court to be error.
Reversed and remanded with instructions that the lien claim of the United States be allowed as a secured claim against the properties of the debtor corporation.