Legal Opinion
In Re Cooley
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided September 30, 1986No. 19-70183PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON OBJECTION TO CLAIM OF EXEMPTIONS
L. CHANDLER WATSON, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
In the above-styled case, Julian Curtis Brown filed an objection to the debtor’s claim of exemptions. The objection has its factual basis in a judgment for personal injuries obtained by the objecting party against the debtor and its legal basis in two Alabama statutes, Ala.Code §§ 6-10-2, 6-10-6 (1975), and caselaw construing the statutes, which deny debtor’s exemptions from debts resulting from tort liability.
The flaw in the creditor’s argument is in misinterpreting the purpose of the bankruptcy exemptions…
2Cited by4 opinions
- In Re ScottUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1996
- In Re BoucherUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1996
- Applebee v. Brawn (In Re Brawn)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine · 1992
- Brown v. Cooley (In Re Cooley)District Court, N.D. Alabama · 1987