POSNER, Circuit Judge. When, within 90 days before declaring bankruptcy, the debtor makes a payment to an unsecured creditor, the payment is a “preference,” and the trustee in bankruptcy can recover it and thus make the creditor take pot luck with the rest of the debtor’s unsecured creditors. 11 U.S.C. § 547 . But there is an exception if the creditor can show that the debt had been incur…
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