The following excerpt is from Kimura, In re, 969 F.2d 806 (9th Cir. 1992):
Our initial task is to understand and define the bundle of rights and privileges that Alaska law has created in favor of the holder of a liquor license. See United States v. Bess, 357 U.S. 51, 55, 57, 78 S.Ct. 1054, 1057, 1058, 2 L.Ed.2d 1135 (1958) (holding that because the federal tax lien attaches to the debtor's interest in property, the initial inquiry is to examine state law to determine the interests created and defined).
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