Legal Opinion
In Re Beneficial Finance Co. of Virginia
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided July 25, 1982No. 13-36766PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAL J. BONNEY, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
One would gather from the masthead that this is either a popular or a recurring issue. The volume does not signify importance however.
May a debtor reopen his case to file a complaint to avoid a nonpossessory, nonpur-chase-money lien on certain chattel, chiefly household goods and furnishings, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522(f), if such lien impairs an exemption to which the debtor would be entitled?
The Court previously considered the issue in In re Cheatham, 80-01239 (1981), which decision Beneficial did not appeal. Another attorney for Beneficial in another…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- In Re AdkinsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. California · 1980
- Associates Financial Services v. Swanson (In Re Swanson)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · 1981
- Associates Financial Services of Oklahoma, Inc. v. Porter (In Re Porter)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1981
- In the Matter of Richard Johnson Seats, Bankrupt. Maryland Hotel Supply Company v. Richard Johnson SeatsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Matter of KrahnUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1981
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Yazzie v. Postal Finance Co. (In Re Yazzie)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Beneficial Finance Co. of Virginia v. FranklinDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1983
- Beneficial Finance Co. of Virginia v. LazrovitchDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1983
- Myers v. Beneficial Finance Co. of Virginia (In Re Myers)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1982
- In Re JentUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1984
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