Legal Opinion
United States v. Ehlen (In Re Ehlen)
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided April 7, 1997No. 96-C-0981-CPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
CRABB, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a final order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Wisconsin granting the motion of debtors-appellees Steven and Beth Ehlen to avoid a lien on their farm implements in the amount of $7500 for each debt- or, rather than the $5000 the government contends should be the maximum amount each debtor can avoid. In re Ehlen, 202 B.R. 742 (Bankr.W.D.Wis.1996). At issue is the interplay of 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(3) and the Wisconsin laws on exempt property.
Jurisdiction is present. 28 U.S.C. § 158(a). There are no…
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