Legal Opinion
First National Bank of Mobile v. Alton A. Norris
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 28, 1983No. 82-7266PublishedCited by 42 opinions
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the amount of homestead exemption that may be claimed under Alabama law in a federal bankruptcy proceeding. The district court limited the debtors to a $2,000 exemption to be shared equally, the limitation under Alabama law at the time the debts were incurred. On appeal, the debtors assert that the trustee either had no standing to object to the $10,000 exemption they claimed or did not object properly, and in any event, that $10,-000 was the correct amount under Alabama law as it existed at the time they filed for bankruptcy. We affirm.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. Security Industrial BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Hackett v. Commercial Banking Corp. (In Re Hackett)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- In Re BrooksUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · 1981
- In Re BrowningUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Alabama · 1981
3Cited by42 opinions
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- In the Matter of Walter N. HUNTER, Debtor-Appellee. Appeal of SHIPSHEWANA STATE BANKCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- In Re Lawrence Granger and Dixie Granger. Lawrence Eugene Granger and Dixie Lee Granger, Debtors-Appellants v. Ronald Watson, Trustee-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- In Re RasmussenUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 2006
- Edmonston v. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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