IN RE BARNES

No. 01-1532.

276 F.3d 927 (2002)

In re Richard C. BARNES, Debtor. Appeal of Thomas J. VanKirk.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 9, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward W. Miller (argued), More & Miller, Fort Wayne, IN, for Appellant.

J. Timothy McCaulay, Helmke, Beams, Boyer & Wagner, Christine M. Stach (argued), Rothberg, Logan & Warsco, Fort Wayne, IN, for Trustee-Appellee R. David Boyer.

James T. Young, Christine M. Stach (argued), Rothberg, Logan & Warsco, Fort Wayne, IN, for Trustee-Appellee Yvette Klevin.

Yvette Klevin, Fort Wayne, IN, Pro se.

Christine M. Stach (argued), Rothberg, Logan & Warsco, Martin E. Seifert, Kos & Associates, Fort Wayne, IN, for Appellees John W. Carroll and M. Sharlene Carroll.

Kim M. Spielman, Blackburn & Green, Christine M. Stach (argued), Rothberg, Logan & Warsco, Fort Wayne, IN, for Appellee Denelle M. Barbaro.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The question presented by this bankruptcy appeal is whether Indiana permits an involuntary lien to be obtained in a liquor license. The appellant, VanKirk, was an employee of a bar owned by the debtor, Barnes (actually a predecessor of Barnes, but we can ignore that detail). VanKirk had filed a notice of employee's lien on "any and all assets" of Barnes for unpaid wages and later had obtained from an...

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