Legal Opinion
Pine v. Credithrift of America, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided March 22, 1982No. CIV-1-81-307PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
FRANK W. WILSON, Chief Judge.
The debtors, residents of Ooltewah, Tennessee, instituted the present action against Credithrift in the Bankruptcy Court to avoid its security interest in certain of their household goods. Judge Kelley in the Bankruptcy Court ordered Credithrift’s lien avoided. Credithrift has appealed.
Credithrift had a $2,112.00 nonpossessory, nonpurehase-money security interest in various household goods of the debtors. The Bankruptcy Court held this lien could be avoided under the exemption statute, 11 U.S.C. § 522. In relevant part it reads:
“(b) Notwithstanding…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Matter of HahnUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Iowa · 1980
- Head v. Home Credit Co. (In Re Head)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1980
- Credithrift of America, Inc. v. Meyers (In Re Meyers)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1980
- Farris v. Barclays American Financial, Inc. (In Re Farris)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1981
- Pine v. Credithrift of America, Inc. (In Re Pine)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1981
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3Cited by9 opinions
- In Re Lamar Barclay Pine, Sr., and Shirlene Tucker Pine, Debtors. Melvin Giles and Wanda Giles, Debtors v. Credithrift of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Chesanow v. W.H. Squire Co. (In Re Chesanow)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · 1982
- Beneficial Finance Co. of Virginia v. FranklinDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1983
- In Re LawUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · 1984
- Berry v. First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. (In Re Berry)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1983
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