18 U.S.C. § 1911

Receiver mismanaging property

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Whoever, being a receiver, trustee, or manager in possession of any property in any cause pending in any court of the United States, willfully fails to manage and operate such property according to the requirements of the valid laws of the State in which such property shall be situated, in the same manner that the owner or possessor thereof would be bound to do if in possession thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1971–2020 · leading case: Schechter v. Illinois, Dep't of Revenue (In Re Markos Gurnee P'ship), 182 B.R. 211 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1995).
Schechter v. Illinois, Dep't of Revenue (In Re Markos Gurnee P'ship), 182 B.R. 211 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1995). “§ 1911 provides criminal penalties for willful disregard of applicable state law by federal trustees and receivers, and the fact of a deliberate violation of state law may be relevant in determining whether the act was within the scope of a bankruptcy trustee’s authority.…”
Riley v. Decoulos (In Re Am. Bridge Prods., Inc.), 328 B.R. 274 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2005). “Title 18 U.S.C. § 1911 provides criminal penalties for willful disregard of applicable state law by federal trustees and receivers, and the fact of a deliberate violation of state law may be relevant in determining whether the act was within the scope of a bankruptcy trustee’s…”
In re Osborne Owen Fraser, a Witness Before the Special February 1971 Grand Jury v. United States, 452 F.2d 616 (7th Cir. 1971). “Although the petition and other documents filed in the court below refer to 18 U.S.C. § 1911 , at the oral argument before us, the Government advised that the proper reference is to 18 U.”
Scotto v. Munn, No. 4:19-cv-03011 (D. Neb. Jan. 16, 2020). “§ 1692p, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1911–1968, and 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.”
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