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096010P.pdf   06/08/2009  Michael S. Dietz  v.  Ronald Langlie
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-6010
   U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Federman, Author, with Schermer and Saladino,
   Bankruptcy Judges]
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. The bankruptcy court erred in holding that a mistake is sufficient to impose a constructive trust, as under Minnesota law a party seeking to impose a constructive trust must show that the party holding the disputed property obtained the property by fraud, bad faith or other improper means; since debtor did not hold the funds in dispute in the case by constructive trust, he held legal title to the funds, and his transfer of the funds was a transfer of his interest in the property which could be avoided under Section 547(b) of the Code