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072968P.pdf   08/26/2008  JCB  v.  Union Planters Bank
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  07-2968
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Colloton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - conversion. Bankruptcy court did not err in finding plaintiff
   has the senior security interest in debtor's collateral under the terms of 
   the debtor's reorganization plan; given that plaintiff had the senior 
   interest, the bank cannot prevail on its argument that its seizure and sale 
   of the collateral was permitted by its security interest; trial evidence 
   supported submission of a punitive damages instruction on plaintiff's 
   conversion claim; under Missouri law separate punitive damages instructions 
   are required for each tort; amount of punitive damages award for conversion
   did not violate bank's due process rights; punitive damage award for
   trespass reduced by 90%; jury instructions on interest were not erroneous.
   Judge Colloton concurring in part and dissenting in part (on the question
   of reducing the punitive damages award for trespass).