In Re Anchorage International Inn, Inc.

718 F.2d 1446 9 Collier Bankr.Cas.2d 422 In re ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL INN, INC., et al., Bankrupts. Mary Beth ARTUS, Trustee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DIVISION, and Alaska Hotel & Restaurant Employees Health and Welfare Trust and Pension Trust, Defendants- Appellants. No. 82-3635. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 7, 1983. Decided Sept. 15, 1983. William D. Artus, Artus & Choquette, P.C., Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellee. Randall Simpson, Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before ANDERSON and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, * District Judge. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal is from the bankruptcy court's ruling (affirmed by the district court) that the provisions of an Alaska statute requiring payment of creditors of a liquor establishment before transfer of a liquor license are preempted by federal bankruptcy law. We have jurisdiction under 11 U.S.C. Sec. 47 (a) (1976) (repealed 1978) and reverse. 1 I 2 On March 28, 1979, Anchorage International Inn,…