Opinion
CASE NO. 08-83029-JAC-11, A.P. No. 08-80187-JAC-11.
October 19, 2010.
Jeffrey W. Kelley, Stephen Roach, Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, GA. for Columbus Bank Trust.
Kevin A. Rogers, Wells Marble Hurst, PLLC, Jackson, MS, for United Service Protection Corp. and United Protection Inc.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
United Service Protection Corporation and United Service Protection, Inc. (collectively "USP") and Columbus Bank Trust ("CB T") assert competing claims to approximately $53,346 being held in one of the Bill Heard debtors' general operating accounts maintained at CB T. CB T argues that it has a right to setoff the funds against prepetition obligations owed by the Bill Heard debtors. USP asserts that it is entitled to a constructive trust over the sums held in the account and that its claim to the funds is superior to CB T's right to setoff. USP seeks an injunction to prevent CB T from offsetting the funds held in the account. For the reasons set forth herein, the Court will grant CB T's motion for summary judgment and finds that CB T is entitled to exercise its setoff rights in the deposit account.
I. BACKGROUND
1. On September 28, 2008, the Bill Heard debtors filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Prior to filing bankruptcy, Bill Heard owned and operated fourteen Chevrolet dealerships in seven states. The issue before this Court involves only one of the dealerships, the Bill Heard Chevrolet Company in Columbus, Georgia (the "Columbus dealership").
2. Prior to the petition date, USP entered into certain dealer agreements with the Columbus dealership, as well as other Bill Heard dealerships, pursuant to which the Columbus dealership agreed to offer its customers motor vehicle extended service contracts ("VSCs") written on USP paper. The Columbus dealership collected the purchase price for each VSC at the point of sale along with the purchase price for the automobile sold.
3. Under the dealer agreements, the Columbus dealership agreed within fifteen days after the last day of the calendar month in which the Columbus dealership issued a VSC to remit a portion of the money collected (the "dealer cost") to USP. The dealer agreements required the Columbus dealership to "hold the Dealer Cost in a segregated account in a fiduciary capacity as trustee for [USP] and under conditions satisfactory to [USP] until remitted to [USP]." Failure to remit dealer cost constitutes a material breach of the agreement.
Docket # 63-66, Exhibit A-Dealer Agreements.
4. The Columbus dealership failed to segregate the dealer costs as required by the dealer agreements. Instead, the dealership deposited the funds into its general operating account maintained at CB T, account number 1488503.
5. As of the petition date, the Columbus dealership's operating account had a balance of $170,056.21. From this amount, USP asserts that on the petition date, a sum of $53,346 had been paid into the operating account from the sale of VSCs. CB T admits that between August 11, 2008 and September 22, 2008 the debtors deposited approximately $53,117 into the Columbus dealership's operating account as a result of VSC sales.
6. As of the petition date, CB T held a claim against the Bill Heard debtors in excess of $75,000,000 pursuant to a number of promissory notes. Postpetition CB T has reduced its claim against the Bill Heard debtors through the foreclosure of collateral and other means. CB T currently has a deficiency claim against the debtors in excess of $10,000,000. Pursuant to certain guaranties executed by the Columbus dealership in favor of CB T, the Columbus dealership is responsible for the entire amount of the deficiency.
See Proof of Claim of CB T filed March 31, 2009 (Claim no. 3015).
See Proof of Claim of CB T filed March 31, 2009 (Claim no. 3015).
7. CB T's Operating Account Agreement provides in the section titled "Setoff" that CB T may setoff against the operating account, as follows:
[CB T] may . . . set off the funds in this account against any due and payable debt owed to us now or in the future, by any of you having the right of withdrawal, to the extent of such persons' or legal entity's right to withdrawal. If the debt arises from a note, "any due and payable debt" includes the total amount of which we are entitled to demand payment under the terms of the note at the time we set off, including any balance the due date for which we properly accelerate under the note.
Gaylor Aff., Ex. A, ECF No. 52.
8. On October 21, 2008, approximately three weeks after the petition date, CB T filed a motion for relief from the stay to permit setoff. The motion sought relief from the stay to setoff $170,056.21 in prepetition funds held in the Columbus dealership operating account and other amounts.
9. On October 31, 2008, USP filed an objection to CB T's motion and asserted an interest in the funds. Objections to the motion were also filed by GMAC, LLC and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.
10. On December 18, 2008, USP filed the present adversary proceeding asserting its interest in the funds.
11. In February of 2009, the Court entered an order consolidating USP's adversary proceeding and CB T's setoff motion with an adversary proceeding filed by GMAC on January 15, 2009. Subsequently, GMAC was paid in full for all its claims against the debtors and no longer asserts any claim in the subject funds.
12. On January 14, 2010, the Court entered an order severing the USP adversary proceeding from the GMAC adversary. William F. Perkins as liquidating trustee, successor in interest to the debtors and creditors committee, no longer claims an interest in the funds in the operating account.
See Stipulation and order approving the settlement of claims between William F. Perkins, in his capacity as the Liquidating Trustee, and USP, ECF No. 32.
13. CB T asserts, and there has been no evidence presented otherwise, that at no time prior to filing the setoff motion was CB T aware of any dealer agreements between the Columbus dealership and USP. CB T was not aware that there were funds received and held by the Columbus dealership resulting from the sale of VSCs until USP filed its objection to CB T's setoff motion.
14. CB T asserts that using a first-in, first-out method of accounting, all funds on deposit in the the Columbus dealership operating account as of the petition date were deposited by sources other than from proceeds of VSC sales with the possible exception of $1,262.00.
II. DISCUSSION
A. Summary Judgment Standard
Pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 56(C), summary judgment should be rendered "if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with any affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue of material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322 (1986); See also Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 247 (1986); Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 585-86 (1986); Hyman v. Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 304 F.3d 1179 (11th Cir. 2002).
The moving party bears the initial burden of showing that there are no genuine issues of material fact to be decided at trial. Celotex, 477 U.S. at 323. When the moving party has satisfied its burden, the non-moving party cannot rest upon the pleadings. Instead, the non-moving party must go beyond the pleadings and demonstrate by affidavit or other appropriate means that there is a genuine issue of material fact for trial. Id. at 324.
The evidence and all factual inferences therefrom must be viewed in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion and all reasonable doubts about the facts must be resolved in favor of the non-moving party. Acevedo v. First Union Nat. Bank, 476 F.3d 861, 865 (11th Cir. 2007); Andreini Co. v. Pony Express Delivery Servs., Inc. (In re Pony Express Delivery Servs., Inc.), 440 F.3d 1296, 1300 (11th Cir. 2006); see also Loren v. Sasser, 309 F.3d 1296, 1301-02 (11th Cir. 2002); Hyman, 304 F.3d 1179 (citing Burton v. City of Belle Glade, 178 F.3d 1175, 1187 (11th Cir. 1999)).
B. CHOICE OF LAW
"[Q]uestions of setoff are governed exclusively by section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code." Woodrum v. Ford Motor Credit Co. (In re Dillard Ford, Inc.), 940 F.2d 1507, 1512 (11th Cir. 1991). Section 553(a) of the Bankruptcy Code reads, in relevant part:
Except as otherwise provided in this section and in sections 362 and 363 of this title, this title does not affect any right of a creditor to offset a mutual debt owing by such creditor to the debtor that arose before the commencement of the case under this title against a claim of such creditor against the debtor that arose before the commencement of the case . . .
Although the Bankruptcy Code does not create a federal right of setoff, § 553 of the Bankruptcy Code preserves, with certain exceptions, any right of setoff that a creditor possessed prepetition against the debtor under applicable non-bankruptcy law. Citizens Bank of Md. v. Strumpf, 516 U.S. 16, 20 (1995); In re Prudential of Florida Leasing, Inc., 478 F.3d 1291, 1297 (11th Cir. 2007); Carlton Co. v. Jenkins (In re Jenkins), 2004 WL 768574 *2 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. 2004). Georgia law clearly governs the validity of CB T's prepetition right of setoff in this instance wherein the subject funds are in an operating account that is maintained at CB T, a Georgia banking corporation operating in Georgia, and the account was maintained by the Columbus dealership, a Georgia corporation that operated in Georgia.
USP argues that Florida law governs the outcome of this case because the dealer agreements executed by the Columbus dealership required the dealership to hold the amounts collected for USP in a fiduciary capacity as trustee for USP and provide that the agreements will be controlled and construed under Florida law. It is undisputed, however, that the Columbus dealership failed to segregate the funds as required by the dealer agreements. Instead, the Columbus dealership deposited the funds into a general operating account maintained in Georgia. Once the Columbus dealership breached its dealer agreement with USP by commingling fungible proceeds from the sale of the VSCs into the operating account maintained at CB T, same became subject to CB T's right of setoff which is governed by Georgia law. See Dzikowski v. Northern Trust Bank of Fla. (Prudential of Florida Leasing, Inc.), 478 F.3d 1291, 1297 (11th Cir. 2007) (explaining that substantive law, usually state law, determines the validity of the right of setoff under the Bankruptcy Code). Georgia state law must be examined to determine whether mutuality exists. Levine v. Kenny (In re Flooring American, Inc.), 302 B.R. 403 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2003) (explaining that mutuality is an issue of state law).
C. CB T's Prepetition Right of Setoff is Preserved under 11 U.S.C. § 553(a).
In order for a creditor's prepetition right of setoff to survive in bankruptcy under § 553(a), three requirements must be satisfied:
(i) the parties must owe each other mutual debts;
(ii) the mutual debts must have arisen prepetition; and
(iii) the creditor's claim cannot fall within one of the three exceptions listed in § 553(a)(1)-(3).
In re McKay, 420 B.R. 871, 877 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2009) ( citing Woodrum v. Ford Motor Credit Co. (In re Dillard Ford, Inc.), 940 F.2d 1507, 1512 (11th Cir. 1991). Setoff is not permitted under § 553(a)(1)-(3) to the extent that —
(i) the creditor's claim against the debtor is disallowed — § 553(a)(1);
(ii) the creditor obtained the claim from a third party — § 553(a)(2); or
(iii) the creditor incurred the debt "for the purpose of obtaining a right of setoff" — § 553(a)(3).
Woodrum v. Ford Motor Credit Co. (In re Dillard Ford, Inc.), 940 F.2d 1507, 1513 (11th Cir. 1991).
In this case, the exceptions to setoff are inapplicable. CB T's claim has not been disallowed; CB T did not obtain its claim from a third party; and there is no allegation that CB T incurred the debt for the purpose of obtaining a right of setoff as CB T was the relationship bank for the debtors' businesses, including the Columbus dealership, for many years. Accordingly, this Court must simply determine whether the parties owe each other mutual debts under Georgia law that arose prepetition.
While the Bankruptcy Code does not define the term mutual for purposes of § 553, "the mutuality of debts requirement is generally considered satisfied where the creditor is directly obligated to the debtor and the debtor is, in turn, directly obligated to the creditor, without the involvement of third-parties or fiduciary relations . . . provided, of course, that the debts involved in the setoff arose prior to the commencement of the bankruptcy case." In re K.D. Builders, Inc., 382 B.R. 1 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2008).
The deposit of cash into a deposit bank account generally creates a debtor-creditor relationship between the bank, as debtor, and depositor, as creditor, at which time the depositor parts with title to the funds in exchange for the debt owed to him by the bank. In re Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., 404 B.R. 752 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2009). "Under Georgia law, when money is deposited in a bank, title to the funds passes to the bank . . ." Eleison Composites, LLC v. Wachovia Bank, 267 Fed.Appx. 918, 924 (11th Cir. 2008). Thus, title to the funds deposited into the Columbus dealership's operating account as a result of the VSC sales passed to CB T when same were deposited into the dealership's account. Prepetition, CB T owed a debt to the Columbus dealership to the extent of the funds on deposit in the dealership's general operating account. Likewise, the Columbus dealership was directly obligated to CB T prepetition under various notes as a guarantor of same. Accordingly, CB T has satisfied each of the requirements under § 553 for setoff.
D. Character of Account: The Right of Setoff Requires a Determination Regarding the Character of the Deposit and CB T's Knowledge or Notice of its Character
USP argues that it has a right to the funds that were deposited in the Columbus dealership's operating account from the sale of VSCs under Florida law on the basis of an express, constructive, or resulting trust. CB T responds that any right USP had to the funds under the dealer agreements does not affect CB T's right to setoff because CB T was not aware that USP had an interest in the funds. At no time prior to CB T filing the setoff motion was CB T aware of any dealer agreement between the Columbus dealership and USP. CB T was not aware that the Columbus dealership had received funds from the sale of VSCs and deposited same into the dealership's general operating account.
CB T cites several Fifth Circuit and Georgia decisions holding that a creditor's right to setoff against a deposit account is unaffected by a third-party's interest in same where the creditor has no knowledge of the third-party's interest in the funds. In In re Goodson Steel Corp., 488 F.2d 776 (5th Cir. 1974), the Fifth Circuit held that a bank was entitled to setoff funds held in a debtor's payroll account against the debtor's past due note. Although the account was designated as a payroll account, the account was actually a general deposit account in nature without an agreement to the contrary. Interpreting Texas law, the Fifth Circuit explained that when money is deposited into a bank without any special agreement, the money is commingled with other funds of the bank. In such transactions, the bank becomes the owner of the funds and a debtor-creditor relationship is created between the bank and the depositor. When, however, money is deposited with an agreement that the identical deposit shall be returned or shall be paid for a specific purpose, the relationship of debtor-creditor is not created. Such a transaction is a special deposit and the bank is liable for same as bailee. In Goodson, the payroll account was special in name only there being no agreement that the account was limited for a specific purpose. The debtor was entitled to withdraw or transfer the funds for any purpose and the bank was not under any obligation to hold the funds apart from other funds. Therefore, the debtor's designated payroll account was not a special account that deprived the bank of its setoff rights where there was no agreement that the account was to be kept isolated.
In Bonner v. Prichard, 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 (11th Cir. 1981) (en banc), the Eleventh Circuit adopted as binding precedent all Fifth Circuit decisions handed down prior to the close of business on September 30, 1981. The Fifth Circuit decisions cited by CB T were decided prior to 1981 and remain binding precedent in the Eleventh Circuit.
In Kaufman v. First Nat'l Bank of OPP, Alabama, 493 F.2d 1070 (5th Cir. 1974), the Fifth Circuit held that a bank could not offset funds held in an escrow and collect-on-delivery accounts because the bank had knowledge of the special nature of the funds. Funds deposited for a special purpose known to the bank, or under a special agreement, cannot be setoff by a bank. The court of appeals explained that in Alabama, a special purpose deposit creates no debtor-creditor relationship and the bank acquires no title to the funds.
Similarly, the Georgia Court of Appeals has explained that "[i]t is well settled in [Georgia], as in a sizeable number of other jurisdictions, that unless funds deposited with a lending bank are in an account governed by an agreement which designates the funds as trust funds, or unless the lending bank by other means has actual knowledge that the funds . . . are intended to discharge a specific obligation or otherwise partake of the character of the trust funds, then the funds are treated as any other general deposit funds, are commingled with other funds on deposit with the bank, and are subject to set-off against any matured indebtedness for which the bank is creditor to the principle." Smeltzer v. Bank of Fitzgerald, 386 S.E.2d 406 (Ga. App. 1989) (quoting Cotton States, etc., Ins. Co. v. C S Nat. Bank, 168 Ga. App. 83, 87(2) 308 S.E.2d (1983). In this Georgia case, Smeltzer ordered a bank in which he and his wife had a joint account to wire $41,000 to the escrow account of an attorney maintained at the Bank of Fitzgerald. The purpose of the transfer was to enable the attorney, acting as the Smeltzers' agent, to purchase real estate located in Georgia. Despite Smeltzer's instructions, the transferring bank wired the funds to the Bank of Fitzgerald without any limiting instructions. Although Smeltzer did not have an account at the Bank of Fitzgerald, he owed an existing debt to the bank. Upon receiving the funds, the Bank of Fitzgerald immediately applied the funds to Smeltzer's debt and did not learn until the following day that the attorney had been expecting a wire transfer to his escrow account. As it was uncontroverted that the Bank of Fitzgerald had no knowledge that the wired funds were intended for the attorney's escrow account when it setoff the funds against Smeltzer's debt, the Georgia Court of Appeals allowed setoff under Georgia law.
The Georgia Court of Appeals rejected Mrs. Smeltzer's argument that the funds which originated in the joint account with her husband actually belonged to Mrs. Smeltzer. Even if same were true, the court explained "that question of fact would not be material to the resolution of this case because [the Bank of Fitzgerald] had no knowledge whatsoever that the funds belonged to anyone other than [Mr.] Smeltzer." Smeltzer v. Bank of Fitzgerald, 386 S.E.2d 406, 408 (Ga. App. 1989). USP makes a similar argument that the funds in dispute in this case did not belong to the Columbus dealership under Florida law because the dealership was required under the dealership agreements to hold same in trust for USP. CB T's right of setoff cannot be controlled by the Columbus dealership's breached obligations to USP under the dealer agreements. Pursuant to § 553, CB T's right of setoff is controlled by applicable non-bankruptcy law which this Court has determined is Georgia law. Clearly, under Georgia law a bank maintains its right of setoff in funds commingled in a general operating account when the bank has no knowledge that the funds belonged to anyone other than the depositor.
The character of the account at issue is the most significant factor when determining mutuality of debts and a bank's right of setoff. In re K.D. Builders, Inc., 382 B.R. 1, *6 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2008). In this case, the character of the account was in the nature of a general operating account. It is undisputed that CB T had no knowledge of the dealer agreements requiring the Columbus dealership to hold the proceeds from the VSCs in trust for USP. Instead, the Columbus dealership deposited same into its general operating account, and CB T is entitled under § 553 to setoff the commingled funds in the account on the date of the petition against the prepetition debt owed by the Columbus dealership to CB T where it is undisputed that CB T had no knowledge that any alleged trust property had been deposited into the dealership's operating account. See In re Badour, 2009 WL 1139409 *3 (Bankr. N.D. W. Va. 2009) (finding that debtor's act of depositing special account funds in general accounts without notifying the bank of a special purpose for the deposits destroyed the special nature of the funds under the general rule of commingling).
USP attempts to distinguish the cases cited by CB T on the grounds that in each case the bank had already setoff the funds in dispute whereas in this case CB T seeks permission to lift stay to effectuate the setoff. USP asserts that this distinguishing factor is crucial because in those instances the banks relied upon the assumption that all the funds in the debtor's account were property of the debtor. In contrast, USP argues that CB T has not change its position in reliance upon the deposit and should, thus, be denied its right to setoff. USP cites several cases decided prior to 1927 and one more recent case interpreting Ohio law in which various courts used an equitable rule to deny a bank's right of setoff where the bank did not changed its position in reliance upon the deposit despite the bank's lack of knowledge of the trust nature of the deposit. None of the cases cited by USP purport to interpret Georgia state law. CB T counters, instead, that a majority of jurisdictions, including Georgia, allow a bank to setoff funds belonging to a third-party if the bank has no knowledge of the third-party's interest.
See Citizens' Southern Bank v. Fayram, 21 F.2d 998 (5th Cir. 1927); Fulton Nat'l Bank v. Hosier, 295 F. 611 (5th Cir. 1923); Swift Co. v. Hammond Farmer's Ass'n, 22 F.2d 166 (E.D. La. 1927); In re Steele-Smith Dry Goods Co., 298 F. 812 (N.D. Ala. 1924); and Regions Bank v. Provident Bank, Inc., 345 F.3d 1267 (11th Cir. 2003) (interpreting Ohio law).
This Court finds that CB T acted entirely properly in first filing a motion to lift stay to seek relief to setoff the funds at issue and will not penalize the bank for proceeding accordingly. See Citizens Bank of Maryland v. Strumpf, 516 U.S. 16 (1995) (explaining that § 362(a) gives rise to an automatic stay of various types of activities including the setoff of any debt). To say that CB T has not changed its position in reliance upon the deposit would overlook the fact that CB T filed the motion to lift stay seeking permission to setoff the funds at issue before it had any knowledge of USP's asserted interest in the funds. CB T no less changed its position by filing the motion to lift stay than if it had simply effectuated the setoff. Accordingly, this Court will not use an equitable rule that has not been adopted in Georgia to deny CB T's right of setoff where the bank has followed the rules set forth in the Bankruptcy Code while attempting to setoff the debt at issue.
II. CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, the Court grants CB T's motion for summary judgment. There are no genuine issues of fact to be decided at trial and CB T is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Pursuant to § 553 of the Code, CB T is entitled to exercise its setoff rights against the total amount of the deposit account maintained at CB T by the Columbus dealership.
Alternatively, the Court finds that even if USP has a superior right to the funds held in the Columbus dealership's operating account, CB T has submitted evidence that using a first-in, first-out method of accounting, all funds deposited into the Columbus dealership's operating account were deposited by sources other than purchasers of VSCs with the possible exception of $1,262.00. USP counters that CB T has provided no analysis of any documentation regarding the first-in, first-out analysis performed by CB T. A general denial will not, however, suffice on motion for summary judgment.
Gaylor Aff., Ex. A, ECF No. 52.
A separate order will be entered consistent with this opinion.
DONE and ORDERED this date: October 19, 2010.
Notice Recipients
Recipients submitted to the BNC (Bankruptcy Noticing Center) without an address: Recipients of Notice of Electronic Filing: Recipients submitted to the BNC (Bankruptcy Noticing Center):
District/Off: 1126-8 User: kpressnel Date Created: 10/19/2010 Case: 08-80187-JAC Form ID: pdf000 Total: 82 dft John Doe Financial Institutions A-ZZ TOTAL: 1 ba Richard M Blythe Richard_Blythe@alnba.uscourts.gov aty Charles M Tatelbaum ctatelbaum@adorno.com aty Jeffrey P Fuller jfuller@kilpatrickstockton.com aty Jeffrey W. Kelley jeffrey.kelley@troutmansanders.com aty Kevin A Rogers krogers@wellsmar.com aty Mark A Fink mfink@kilpatrickstockton.com aty Mark D. Taylor mdtaylor@kilpatrickstockton.com aty Roy Hamilton Liddell jwilson@wellsmar.com TOTAL: 8 pla United Service Protection Corporation c/o Roy H. Liddell, Esq. Wells Marble Hurst, PLLC P. O. Box 131 Jackson, MS 39205-0131 pla United Service Protection, Inc. c/o Roy H. Liddell, Esq. Wells Marble Hurst, PLLC P.O. Box 31 Jackson, MS 39205-0131 intp GMAC LLC c/o Charles M. Tatelbaum Adorno Yoss LLP 350 East Las Olas Blvd. Suite 1700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 op William Perkins W.G. Hays Associates LLC 100 Colony Square, Suite 780 1175 Peachtree Street N.E. Atlanta, GA 30361 dft William F. Perkins, in his capacity as the Liquidating Trustee for Bill Heard Enterprises, Inc., et al. c/o Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 1100 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30309 5679348 A-Line Auto Parts and Arnold Oil of Austin Attn: Leah Bush 1617 E 6th Street Austin, TX 78702 5679286 ADP Commercial Leasing LLC ADP Inc. Dealer Services Group c/o Henry Callaway III Post Office Box 123 Mobile, AL 36601 5679287 Alphera Financial Services James Rollins/Paul Vranicar Suite 2000, One Atlantic Center 1201 West Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30309-3400 5679345 AmeriCredit Financial Services Inc Attn: Alice Whitten 801 Cherry Street Ste 3900 Fort Worth TX 76102 5679290 Astar Finance LLC/Astar Financing Falcon II LLC Falcom Financial II LLC c/o Mike Rupe/Cara Mittleman 575 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022-2585 5679292 Astar Finance LLC/Astar Financing Falcon II LLC Falcon Financial II LLC c/o Patrick Darby/Jennifer Harris 1819 Fifth Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203 5679313 BG Products Inc c/o William Hoch III 20 North Broadway Ste 1800 Oklahoma City, OK 73102 5679294 BMW Financial Services c/o Jim Rollins 1201 West Peachtree Street NE One Atlantic Center Ste 2000 Atlanta, GA 30309 5679349 Bellaire Air Conditioning Attn: Phillip Miller 7315 Ashcroft # 116 Houston, TX 77081 5679329 Bruce Qvale c/o Donald Wright 2311 Highland Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35205 5679295 CB c/o Jeff Kelley 600 Peachtree Street NE Ste 5200 Atlanta, GA 30308-2216 5679340 Canon Financial Services Inc c/o Andrew L Unterlack 121 Johnson Rd Turnersville, NJ 08012 5679296 Carrie Ann Rohrscheib 88 Union Avenue Ste 700 Memphis, TN 38103 5679324 Charles I Pollack 1050 Crown Pointe Pkwy Atlanta, GA 30338 5679297 Chase c/o John Deily 8 Thurlow Terrace Albany, NY 12203 5679338 Commercial Truck and Van Equipment Adrian Steel Company c/o Steven Shaw/Joshua White P O Box 307 Huntsville, AL 35804 5679308 Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas c/o Jay Hurst Asst Attorney General P O Box 12548 Austin, TX 78711-2548 5679303 Coventry Healthcare Inc c/o Cozen O'Connor/Neal Colton/ Eric Scherling 1900 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 5679332 D.L. Claborn c/o Donald Wright 2311 Highland Ave South Birmingham, AL 35205 5679309 De Lage Landen Financial Services Inc c/o William Hancock 905 Bob Wallace Avenue Huntsville, AL 35801 5679304 DeFalco Advertising c/o Ted Stuckenschneider 205 North 20th Street Ste 427 Birmingham, AL 35203 5679333 Dr Keenan K Cofield, Injury Center of MD Inc, Horizon Mortgage Brokerage Services, Orian D Cofield c/o Dr Keenan Cofield 2126 Pitney Road Baltimore, MD 21234 5679350 Factor Motor Parts Co Todd E Heldt 1380 Corporate Center Curve # 200 Eagan MN 55311 5679289 First Commercial Bank c/o Stuart Maples 401 Holmes Avenue Ste H Huntsville, AL 35801 5679325 Fletcher Jones Sr Trust c/o Jackson E Duncan III Post Office Box 18605 Huntsville, AL 35804 5679327 Fletcher Jones Sr Trust c/o Jeanette E McPherson 2850 South Jones Blve Ste 1 Las Vegas, NV 89146 5679323 Fletcher Jones, Sr Trust c/o Robert P Reynolds Post Office Box 2863 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403 5679334 Fort Bend Independent School District c/o Yolanda Humphrey 1235 North Loop West Ste 600 Houston, TX 77008 5679299 GE Commercial Finance Business Property Corporation c/o John Hutton 1221 Brickell Avenue Miami FL 33131 5679300 GE Commercial Finance Business Property Corporation c/o Stephen Katz/John Elrod 3290 Northside Pkwy NW Ste 400 Atlanta, GA 30327 5679298 GMAC c/o Charles Tatelbaum 350 East Las Olas Blvd Ste 1700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 5679291 GMAC LLC c/o Sarah Anne Ford The Clark Building 400 20th Street North Birmingham, AL 35203 5679293 General Motors c/o Robert B Weiss/Joseph R Sgroi 2290 First National Building 660 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48226 5679326 General Motors Corproation c/o Joseph R Sgroi 2290 First National Building 660 Woodward Ave Ste 2290 Detroit, MI 48226 5679351 Genesis Marketing Group Inc Gerald Doyle 256 N Sam Houston Pkwy # 120 Houston TX 77060 5679301 Georgia Department of Revenue c/o Oscar B. Fears III Senior Assistant Attorney General 40 Capiol Square SW Atlanta, GA 30334 5679337 Greater Texas Federal Credit Union c/o Edward S Reisinger P O Box 1885 Birmingham, AL 35201 5679319 HSH Properties LLLP c/o Donald M Wright Sirote Permutt PC P O Box 55887 Birmingham, AL 35205 5679321 HSH Properties LLLP c/o Stephen H Block 945 E Paces Ferry Road # 2270 Atlanta, GA 30326 5679322 Harris County and Fort Ben County c/o Linebarger Goggan Blair Sampson LLP P O Box 3064 Houston, TX 77253-3064 5679317 Hochsztein Harrison-Jolly PA c/o Fred Hochsztein 1930 Harrison Street Ste 503 HOllywood, FL 33020 5679305 JP Morgan Chase Bank NA c/o Clark Hammond/Lindan Hill 569 Brookwood Village Ste 901 Birmingham, AL 35209 5679343 Jean W Durdin c/o Preston T Towber 675 West Loop South Ste 920 Bellaire, TX 77041 5679307 Jonathan D Deily 8 Thurlow Terrance Albany, NY 12203 5679318 Karen Fagin White Bruce Z Walker 3350 Riverwood Pkwy Ste 1600 Atlanta, GA 30339 5679336 Ken Smith Auto Parts c/o Harry R Cash 633 Chestnut Street 9th Floor Chattanooga, TN 37450 5679310 Lynda Hall, Tax Collector of Madison County c/o Travis Jackson Post Office Box 18248 Huntsville, AL 35804 5679339 Mac Haik c/o James R Langdon 100 North Tryon Street Ste 4700 Charlotte, NC 28202 5679314 Mark Taylor Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 607 14th Street NW Ste 900 Washington, DC 20005-2018 5679288 MassMutual Asset Finance LLC DLA Piper LLP US The Marbury Building 6225 Smith Avenue Balitmore, MD 21209-3600 5679285 MassMutual Asset Finance LLC c/o Robert H Adams/Kimberly Glass 1400 Park Place Tower 2001 Park Place North Birmingham, AL 35203 5679316 Navistar Financial Corp c/o William J Gibbons Jr 117 North Jefferson Street Huntsville, AL 35801 5679346 Navistar Financial Corporation c/o Kathleen N Reed 425 N Martingale Rd 18th Floor Schaumburg, IL 60173 5679311 Navistar International c/o Kevin D Heard 307 Clinton Avenue West Civic Plaza Ste 310 Huntsville, AL 35801 5679352 Noble Logistics Inc Vince Hannigan 11335 Clay Road Ste 100 Houston, TX 77041 5679342 Reflexxion Automotive Products LLC c/o Michael O'Neal 2949 Norbrook Memphis, TN 38116 5679347 River Oaks L-M Hot Rides AdI LP c/o Michael S Holmes 8100 Washington Avenue Ste 120 Houston TX 77007 5679341 Serra Automotive Inc c/o C Steven Ball 100 Vestavia Pkwy Birmingham, AL 35216 5679315 The Colubmus Ledger-Enquirer c/o Paul J Pascuzzi 400 Capitol Mall Ste 1450 Scaramento CA 95814 5679312 The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors c/o Dennis Meir/John Mills 1100 Peachtree Street NE Ste 2800 Atlanta, GA 30309-4530 5679331 US Bank c/o Paul Spina 1500 Urban Center Dr Ste 450 Birmingham, AL 35242 5679320 United Service Protection Corporation United Service Protection Inc c/o Roy Liddell P O Box 131 Jackson, MS 39205-0131 5679335 United Service Protection Corporation and United Service Protection Inc c/o William Manhein III 300 Concourse Blvd Ste 200 Ridgeland MS 39157 5679344 Weaver Distributors Inc c/o John C Weaver 4015 Danielsville Rd Athens, GA 30601 5679306 Wells Fargo Bank NA and affiliates c/o Lee Benton/Brenton K Morris 2019 Third Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203 5679302 Wells Fargo Equipment Finance Inc c/o C Ellis Brazeal III 1819 5th Avenue North, Ste 1100 Birmingham, AL 35203 5679330 William Heard Jr c/o Charles L Denaburg 2125 Morris Avenue Birmingham, AL 35203 5679328 tw telecom inc c/o Linda Boyle 10475 Park Meadows Drive # 400 Littleton, CO 80124 TOTAL: 73