Legal Opinion
In Re Dillon
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided April 15, 1998No. Bankruptcy 397-09284-AT-7PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ALETA ARTHUR TRAUGER, Bankruptcy Judge.
The court has before it the Chapter 7 Trustee’s objection to the debtor’s exemption of her right to royalties on songs written prepetition. The debtor argues that this right need not be exempted because it is not property of the estate. The debtor also asserts that the royalty rights are burdensome to the estate and are of inconsequential value and benefit to the estate. Therefore, argues the debtor, the Trustee should be ordered to abandon the estate’s interest in them pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 554(b).
The court finds that the debtor’s right to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Segal v. RochelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Waldschmidt v. CBS, INC.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1981
- Chappel v. Proctor (In Re Chappel)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Smoker v. Hill & Associates, Inc.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 1997
- Carey v. Pauline (In Re Pauline)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Cusano v. KleinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- In Re BallardUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Louisiana · 1999
- Mostoller v. Citicapital Commercial Corp. (In Re Stetson & Associates, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2005
- In Re SzymanskiUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · 2006
- In re HodgesDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2014
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