The following excerpt is from In re Alison Corp., 9 BR 827 (Bankr. S.D. Cal. 1981):
Another main thrust of the bankruptcy system is the orderly amassing of the non-exempt assets of the debtor and equitable, systematic distribution to creditors. Segal v. Rochelle, 382 U.S. 375, 379, 86 S.Ct. 511, 514, 15 L.Ed.2d 428 (1965); Kokoszka v. Belford, 417 U.S. 642, 645-646, 94 S.Ct. 2431, 2433-34, 41 L.Ed.2d 374 (1974).
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