Legal Opinion
Dever v. Internal Revenue Service (In Re Dever)
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California
Decided February 4, 1994No. Bankruptcy No. LA-91-14114-LF. Adv. No. LA-92-03426-LFPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LISA HILL FENNING, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The issue before this Court on cross-motions for summary judgment is whether consumer debtors can use Section 506 of the Bankruptcy Code to “strip down” tax liens on their house in a Chapter 11 case. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) argues that the holding in Dewsnup v. Timm, 502 U.S.-, 112 S.Ct. 773, 116 L.Ed.2d 903 (1992), should be extended to Chapter 11 cases to preclude “lien stripping” because Dewsnup held that Chapter 7 debtors cannot use Section 506 for that purpose. The Supreme Court, however, expressly reserved the question as to…
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