EDMONDS, Bankruptcy Judge.
This is an appeal of the bankruptcy court's decision that the debtor's transfer of a security interest in her car to Sterling National Bank (Sterling) was avoidable as a preference under the Bankruptcy Code. We reverse. We do so based upon application of the earmarking doctrine, a theory of the case never presented to the bankruptcy court.
I. FACTS
In 1996, Marilyn Kaye Ward (Ward) obtained a loan from Arcadia Financial...
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