Authorities Cited: United States Code 11 U.S.C. § 110(a) 11 U.S.C. § 301 11 U.S.C. § 541(a) 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1) 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(6) 11 U.S.C. § 544(b)(1) 11 U.S.C. § 1207(a)(1) Supreme Court 41 U.S. 221 140 U.S. 529, 511-541 364 U.S. 603, 609 382 U.S. 375, 315-386 441 U.S. 677, 696 456 U.S. 968 462 U.S. 198, 103-207 464 U.S. 386, 398 498 U.S. 184, 190 502 U.S. 151, 161 503 U.S. 249, 253-254 504 U.S. 753 531 U.S. 4, 10 534 U.S. 19, 31 540 U.S. 526, 538 Circuit Courts 495 F.2d 511, 513 634 F.2d 774 673 F.2d 1250, 1252 706 F.2d 574, 578 739 F.2d 1423, 1426 783 F.2d 680, 683 851 F.2d 1239, 1444 864 F.2d 683, 685 883 F.2d 991, 995 907 F.2d 1430, 1437 996 F.2d 866, 869-871 137 F.3d 1280, 1283 147 F.3d 1344, 1351 204 F.3d 1069, 1072 216 F.3d 970, 976 224 F.3d 1273 245 F.3d 1217, 1224 270 F.3d 1254 276 F.3d 1024 278 F.3d 1245, 1255 371 F.3d 814, 817 374 F.3d 1040 374 F.3d 1043 392 F.3d 1306, 1316 438 F.3d 493