Legal Opinion
Krupp, Meyers & Hoffman v. Doyle (In Re Laird)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 29, 1980No. 19-11012PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EMIL F. GOLDHABER, Bankruptcy Judge:
The issues before the court are: (1) whether the debtor may claim an exemption in a common law arbitration award which was not reduced to judgment or paid into the state court until after the filing of the petition for relief by the debtor, (2) whether the debtor may avoid the lien of a creditor who has attached the arbitration award through garnishment proceedings, and (3) whether the debtor’s attorney, who helped obtain the arbitration award, is entitled to payment of his fees from the fund held by the state court prior to any distribution to the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Recht v. Clairton Urban Redevelopment AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Matter of UprightUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · 1979
- Leech v. Nichols (In Re Nichols)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1980
- Boozer v. Kennesaw Finance Co. (In Re Boozer)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 1980
- United States v. Fidelity Philadelphia Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by25 opinions
- In re SmithCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- In the Matter of Philip A. Smith, Jr., Jeffery Stephen Pierce and Mary Kathryn Pierce and Jerry L. Montie Lamb and Claire Barnstead Lamb, Debtors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- In Re MagosinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
- Dickens v. Snellings (In Re Snellings)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia · 1981
- Eagan v. Household Finance Corp. (In Re Eagan)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · 1982
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