Legal Opinion

In Re McElroy

United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Illinois

Decided March 9, 2006No. 05-78139PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MARY P. GORMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.

The issue before the Court is the valuation of two vehicles — a 2003 Ford F150 Flareside Supercab XLT pickup and a 2002 Ford Explorer Limited V6 — for purposes of cramdown in a Chapter 13 plan. Cramdown is the bankruptcy procedure which allows a debtor to keep collateral and pay the present value of the allowed secured claim over the life of the plan. 1 11 U.S.C. § 506(a); § 1325(a)(5).

The Debtors, Robert and Barbara McElroy, filed a petition pursuant to Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code on October 16, 2005. The Debtors’ Chapter 13 Plan valued a 2003…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Associates Commercial Corp. v. RashSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  2. Palmacci v. UmpierrezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
  3. In Re GonzalezUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2003
  4. In Re GlueckUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Ohio · 1998
  5. First Merit N.A. v. Getz (In Re Getz)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In Re TrejosUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nevada · 2006
  2. Sovereign Bank, F.S.B. v. Finnegan (In Re Finnegan)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. In Re HenryUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2011
  4. In re SolisUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · 2016
  5. Matthew H CallierUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Georgia · 2023

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