Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Citizens' Discount Loan & Savings Co. (In Re Johnson)

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri

Decided August 12, 1981No. 19-40460PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FINAL JUDGMENT GRANTING LIEN AVOIDANCE AS PRAYED IN THE COMPLAINT

DENNIS J. STEWART, Bankruptcy Judge.

The plaintiff filed a complaint seeking to avoid the defendant’s security interest in certain personal property pursuant to the provisions of § 522(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. That section pertinently provides that a debtor may avoid the fixing of a lien on the debtor’s household furnishings “to the extent that such lien impairs an exemption to which the debtor would have been entitled under subsection (b) of this section, if such lien is ... a nonpossessory, nonpur-chase-money security…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Matter of JonesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1980
  2. 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
  3. Security Trust Company v. Sherwood Homes, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1968
  4. General Elec. Co. v. Construction Associates, Inc.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1977

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re MatthewsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
  2. Fickey v. Bank of LaFayette (In Re Fickey)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1982
  3. Commerce Bank, N.A. v. Tifton Aluminum Co. (In Re Win-Vent, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 1997
  4. In Re ChallinorUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Montana · 1987
  5. Snap-On Tools Corp. v. Freeman (In Re Freeman)District Court, N.D. Alabama · 1991

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