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.

PER CURIAM:
This is an appeal from a turnover order entered by the Referee in Bankruptcy and confirmed by the District Court.
The bankrupt made a bulk sale transfer of a stock of goods to appellant, Day, in June, 1967 and on November 24, 1967 filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy. Appellee, as Trustee in Bankruptcy, sought an order from the Referee directing the appellant to turn over the stock of goods to the Trustee. The order was resisted and a hearing on an order to show cause was held before the Referee. Initially, the Trustee claimed an illegal preference voidable under Section 60, sub. a of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. § 96(a)) as being made within the four months preceding the filing in bankruptcy. At the hearing the Trustee abandoned the preference contention for the obvious reason that the transfer of property had occurred more than four months prior to the petition in bankruptcy. The Trustee then orally sought to amend his application for the turnover order to claim a violation of Section 6107 of the California Commercial Code covering bulk sales transfers. In this amendment the Trustee contended that the transferee (appellant herein) had failed to give the notice to creditors required by the Act. The Referee permitted the amendment and entered a finding of fact that no notice to creditors had been given by the transferee or any other person as required by the Commercial Code.
It was conceded at argument that there was no evidence in the record to support this finding.
The judgment entered was not based on a finding supported by the evidence and must be reversed.

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: D