Call Number:

NBA.021

Repository:

University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library

Extent:

1.5 linear feet (about 2,000 items.)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item], in the Edward Weinfeld Bankruptcy Reform Papers, National Bankruptcy Archives, NBA.021, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.

Date:

1972-1978 (inclusive)

Creator:

Weinfeld, Edward, 1901-1988 and National Bankruptcy Archives

Abstract:

Edward Weinfeld (1901-1988) graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1921. In 1950, he was appointed to the Federal bench for the Southern District of New York, a position he held for the rest of his career. In addition to his career as author, professor, and judge, Weinfeld served on the Commission on Bankruptcy Laws of the United States in the 1970s, an organization appointed by Congress in 1970 to conduct a sweeping study of current bankruptcy law. The collection, 1972-1978, includes correspondence, reports, photocopies of legislation, and related material regarding Weinfeld's activity as a member of the Commission on Bankruptcy Laws of the United States and the Ad Hoc Committee on Bankruptcy Rules in the United States, two task forces charged by Congress to analyze bankruptcy law and propose legislative reform. The proposals of these two organizations led to the passage of H.R. 8200, known as the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, a sweeping reform to the Bankruptcy Code.

Edward Weinfeld was born in 1901 in New York, NY. As a young man, Weinfeld took night classes at New York University School of Law, graduating in 1921. In 1950, he was appointed to the Federal bench for the Southern District of New York, a position he held for the rest of his career. While on the bench, Weinfeld developed a reputation for authoritative and respected decisions that were rarely overturned.

In addition to his career as author, professor, and judge, Weinfeld served on the Commission on Bankruptcy Laws of the United States in the 1970s, an organization appointed by Congress in 1970 to conduct a sweeping study of current bankruptcy law.

Weinfeld died in 1988.

The Edward Weinfeld Bankruptcy Reform Papers, 1972-1978, include correspondence, reports, photocopies of legislation, and related material regarding Weinfeld's activity as a member of the Commission on Bankruptcy Laws of the United States and the Ad Hoc Committee on Bankruptcy Rules in the United States, two task forces charged by Congress to analyze bankruptcy law and propose legislative reform. The proposals of these two organizations led to the passage of H.R. 8200, known as the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, a sweeping reform to the Bankruptcy Code.