COMMERCE BANK OF KANSAS CITY v. HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 94-3680.

62 F.3d 1123 (1995)

COMMERCE BANK OF KANSAS CITY, N.A., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, Defendant-Appellee, Principal Mutual Life Insurance, Company, Garnishee-Appellee, Tag Associates of Kansas City, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F.B. Daniels, Kansas City, MO, argued, for appellee Housing Authority of Kansas City.

Tedrick A. Housh, III, Kansas City, MO, argued (Robert W. McKinley and Lawrence M. Maher, on the brief), for appellee Principal Mut. Life Ins. Co.

Before WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LOKEN, Circuit Judge.


FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

The question is whether the district court properly quashed an attempted garnishment of funds held by an insurance company in a pension account for employees of a public housing authority because under state law the funds are public funds and therefore exempt from garnishment. We affirm.

I.

The basic underlying facts are undisputed. The appellee, the Housing Authority of Kansas City (Housing Authority), a municipal...

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