U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1987

In Re Lift & Equipment Service, Inc., Debtor. Itt Diversified Credit Corp., Cross-Appellant v. Lift & Equipment Service, Inc., Cross-Appellee

In Re Lift & Equipment Service, Inc., Debtor. Itt Diversified Credit Corp., Cross-Appellant v. Lift & Equipment Service, Inc., Cross-Appellee
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided June 18, 1987 · Gee, Per Curiam, Politz, Williams
819 F.2d 546; 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 8748 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

In Re Lift & Equipment Service, Inc., Debtor. Itt Diversified Credit Corp., Cross-Appellant v. Lift & Equipment Service, Inc., Cross-Appellee

Opinion

ON PETITIONS FOR REHEARING

Before GEE, POLITZ and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:

Both the debtor-appellant, Lift & Equipment Service, Inc., and the creditor-appel-lee, ITT Diversified Credit Corp., have requested that the court rehear this matter. The arguments raised by Lift were neither argued nor briefed at any stage of the litigation, and are in any event inapplicable in this case. ITT’s application, however, correctly suggests a modification.

In the opinion, we recognized that ITT was entitled to post-petition interest, to be paid out of its security, in the amount set forth in the assignment of accounts receivable, a rate we recognized to be ten percent. ITT correctly notes that the rate stipulated was “four and one half percentage points per annum higher than the generally prevailing prime per annum rate of interest charged on the last business day of the preceding month by Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., New York, New York,” but a minimum of ten percent. Consistent with our holding that the contract governs the rate of interest, the interest awarded should be assessed at the quoted rate, if otherwise allowable, in accordance with the calculation procedures detailed in the Business Financing Agreement/Assignment of Accounts Receivable.

Finally, ITT suggests that in recognizing a security interest in accounts re *547 ceivable, we did not specifically state that the security interest attached to the money generated by those receivables. That necessarily follows herein, and the security interest extends to the funds which are subject to the control of the bankruptcy court.

The applications for rehearing are GRANTED to the extent necessary for these revisions; otherwise the applications for rehearing are DENIED.

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