Legal Opinion
Henry Friedman, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Janice Ann Marie Harold v. Janice Ann Marie Harold
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 13, 1981No. 80-1050PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Judge.
This is a challenge by a trustee in bankruptcy to the validity of the Massachusetts common law tenancy by the entirety which prohibits the creditors of a wife from attaching her interest in entirety property, while at the same time allowing creditors of a husband to attach his interest. We hold primarily that the trustee is not a proper proponent of the invalidity of the alleged gender discrimination involved here, and that his own rights are not transgressed.
The case arose in August 1977 when the plaintiff-appellant trustee in bankruptcy filed suit in the Bankruptcy Court, 1…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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