Legal Opinion
In Re Regevig
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Arizona
Decided June 24, 2008No. 2:08-BK-02547-RJHPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION RE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF CALIFORNIA’S BANKRUPTCY-SPECIFIC EXEMPTION STATUTE
RANDOLPH J. HAINES, Bankruptcy Judge.
This issue here is whether a State may adopt an exemption statute that becomes available only when the debtor files a bankruptcy case. The Court concludes this is impermissible under the Supremacy Clause.
Background Facts.
California statutes provide two sets of exemptions. One of them, California Code of Civil Procedure § 704, may be asserted by any judgment debtor to protect property from an attaching creditor. The other, C.C.P. § 703.140(b), may only be claimed by a debtor…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- In the Matter of Andrew Kanter and Carole Kanter, Bankrupts. Andrew R. Kanter and Carole Kanter v. Richard M. Moneymaker, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Drummond v. Urban (In Re Urban)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- In Re LennenUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · 1987
- Talmadge v. Duck (In re Talmadge)Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Richardson v. Schafer (In Re Schafer)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 2011
- In Re MorrellUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. West Virginia · 2008
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