Legal Opinion
In Re Sajkowski
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided April 12, 1985No. Bankruptcy 8300420PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION ON DEBTOR’S MOTION TO AVOID JUDICIAL LIENS
ARTHUR N. VOTOLATO, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
Heard on the debtor’s motion to avoid twelve judicial liens against his home, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(1), which provides that “the debtor may avoid the fixing of a [judicial] lien on an interest of the debtor in property to the extent that such lien impairs an exemption_” Two objecting creditor-lienholders, F.D. McKendall Lumber Co. and Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank, contend that their liens do not impair any exemption to which the debtor would have been entitled, and therefore…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- White v. StumpSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Tarrant v. Spenard Builders Supply, Inc. (In Re Tarrant)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Alaska · 1982
- In Re DuncanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Alaska · 1984
- In Re MyersUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California · 1982
- Danella v. Kenney Builder Products Co. (In Re Danella)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Rhode Island · 1984
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3Cited by19 opinions
- 15 Collier bankr.cas.2d 1225, Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,523 in the Matter of Clyde Williamson, D/B/A Triangle 44 Farms, Debtor. Glen A. Stinson v. Clyde E. Williamson, D/B/A Triangle 44 FarmsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- In Re BraddonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. New York · 1986
- In Re SanglierUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1991
- In Re FillUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1988
- In Re CopeUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 1987
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