Task: songer_typeiss

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court. Choose among the following categories. Criminal and prisioner petitions- includes appeals of conviction, petitions for post conviction relief, habeas corpus petitions, and other prisoner petitions which challenge the validity of the conviction or the sentence or the validity of continued confinement. Civil - Government - these will include appeals from administrative agencies (e.g., OSHA,FDA), the decisions of administrative law judges, or the decisions of independent regulatory agencies (e.g., NLRB, FCC,SEC). The focus in administrative law is usually on procedural principles that apply to administrative agencies as they affect private interests, primarily through rulemaking and adjudication. Tort actions against the government, including petitions by prisoners which challenge the conditions of their confinement or which seek damages for torts committed by prion officials or by police fit in this category. In addition, this category will include suits over taxes and claims for benefits from government. Diversity of Citizenship - civil cases involving disputes between citizens of different states (remember that businesses have state citizenship). These cases will always involve the application of state or local law. If the case is centrally concerned with the application or interpretation of federal law then it is not a diversity case. Civil Disputes - Private - includes all civil cases that do not fit in any of the above categories. The opposing litigants will be individuals, businesses or groups.

ORDER
The Court having received a petition for rehearing en banc, and the petition having been circulated not only to the original panel members but also to all other active judges of this Court, and no judge of this Court having requested a vote on the suggestion for rehearing en banc, the petition or rehearing has been referred to the original hearing panel.
On rehearing, General Counsel correctly points out that a corporation does not receive a discharge in bankruptcy. Rather, the trustee is discharged and the bankruptcy proceeding closed. The opinion [873 F.2d 884 at 886, col. 1, lines 22-25] is modified to read:
The trustee was discharged and the bankruptcy estate closed by order of the Bankruptcy Court dated January 18, 1983.
General counsel argues that because a corporation does not receive a discharge in bankruptcy, once the bankruptcy proceeding is closed the automatic stay is removed and a creditor may pursue any action to seek a nondisclosed asset of the bankrupt corporation. Here the Board found Ars-ham liable because shortly before Martin Arsham Sewing Co. filed for bankruptcy it had transferred assets to Arsham to satisfy a judgment for payment of a loan he had made to the corporation. No claim is made that the corporation did not owe Arsham the money. It was only the Bankruptcy Act which made the repayment of this antecedent debt a preference which could be set aside.
The panel has further reviewed the petition for rehearing and concludes that the other issues raised in the petition were fully considered upon the original submission and decision of the case. Accordingly, the petition is denied.

Question: What is the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court?
A. criminal and prisoner petitions
B. civil - government
C. diversity of citizenship
D. civil - private
E. other, not applicable
F. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: B