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.

PAGE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal and a cross-appeal by the parties to a bill, filed by Barger (appellant in No. 4131 and appellee in No. 4144), trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of Alton W. Downs and here called appellant, against the National Discount Corporation (appellee in No. 4131 and appellant in No. 4144), here called appellee, to recover for the bankrupt estate property taken by appellee from bankrupt within four months of bankruptcy.
Certain of the property was taken under a chattel mortgage and subsequently sold for $900, which it is agreed was the fair value thereof. The court held against appellee on the chattel mortgage transaction, and decreed payment to appellant of $900, plus $180, cash paid by bankrupt at the time the mortgage was given. From that order, appellee appealed.
The other matters complained of in the bill, with the exception of a payment of $350 by cheek, at the time the chattel mortgage was made, grew out of transactions under conditional sales contracts. As to those transactions and the assignment of the $350 check, the decree was. favorable to appellee, and appellant appealed.
Courts, reviewing cases on appeal, should be slow to overturn the conclusions of the trial court upon the facts, particularly where the master,' who heard the witnesses, and the judge agree.
In this case, we are satisfied that appellee had abundant notice of the probable insolvency of Downs when the chattel mortgage was taken. It is not claimed that the sales contracts with Downs were void, but only that the method of handling the business under them was improper.
We are of opinion that the evidence fairly supports the finding of the master, favorable to appellant, as to the cash payment of $180, and the conclusion, favorable to appellee, as to the payment of $350, made by check at or about the time of giving the mortgage, and that the appellee was entitled, under the sales contracts, to the cars taken from bankrupt.
The decree is affirmed.

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: C