Legal Opinion
Jose Alvarez v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 23, 2013No. 12-1156PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Judge DAVIS joined.
BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:
In this case, we consider a district court’s judgment upholding a bankruptcy court’s refusal to “strip off’ a “valueless lien” against certain real property that a debtor owned with his non-debtor spouse as tenants by the entireties. 1 On appeal, the debtor and his spouse contend that the bankruptcy court erred in refusing to strip off the lien on the ground that the spouse’s property interest was not part of the bankruptcy estate.
Upon our review,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Butner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Dewsnup v. TimmSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Johnson v. Home State BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Cen-Pen Corporation v. Walter E. Hanson Loraine P. HansonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
- In Re FordUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · 1980
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Gold v. First Tennessee Bank National Ass'n (In Re Taneja)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2014
- In re RoweCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2014
- Edwin Burkhart v. Nancy Spencer GrigsbyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2018
- Raskin v. Susquehanna Bank (In re Raskin)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · 2014
- In re BrownUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 2015
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