In Re Moody

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW INTRODUCTION

CARL O. BUE, Jr., District Judge.

The case before the Court is one of the most bizarre and complicated Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings on record. The instant matter to be addressed in this protracted litigation concerns the extent to which the Debtor Moody may claim the protection that the Texas Constitution affords property determined, to be homestead pursuant to Texas law.

Moody initially filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Southern District of Texas. The case was dismissed, and Moody thereafter re filed a…