Gladwell v. Reinhart

Justice PARRISH,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

€ 1 This case presents a certified question of law from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Dr. Douglas Reinhart claimed an exemption in bankruptcy for 75 percent of wages that he earned prior to filing his bank-ruptey petition but that were either paid to or still owing to Dr. Reinhart after the date of the petition. Dr. Reinhart based his claim on section 1678 of the federal Consumer Credit Protection Act (Section 1678), 15 U.S.C. 1673, and, alternatively, on Section 103 of the Utah Consumer Credit Code (Seetion 103), Utax § 70C0-7-108. The…