Legal Opinion
Coleman v. American Finance Corp. (In Re Coleman)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland
Decided April 29, 1981No. 19-12680PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HARVEY M. LEBOWITZ, Bankruptcy Judge.
These cases, consolidated for the purposes of this opinion, call upon this Court to consider for the first time the constitutionality of the avoidance provisions of § 522(f) of the Bankruptcy Code 1 with respect to avoidance under § 522(f)(2) of security interests created prior to the effective date of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, Pub.L. No. 95-598, 92 Stat. 2683 (1978). Thus, the Court is now summoned to rule on an issue analogous to that expressly reserved in In re Butler, 5 B.R. 360, 361, 6 B.C.D. 768, 769 (Bkrtcy., D.Md.1980). 2…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Regional Rail Reorganization Act CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Armstrong v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank v. RadfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Wright v. Vinton Branch of Mountain Trust Bank of RoanokeSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Rodrock v. Security Industrial BankCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Hoffman v. Internal Revenue Service (In Re Hoffman)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · 1983
- Eagan v. Household Finance Corp. (In Re Eagan)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · 1982
- In the Matter of Willis R. Gifford and Jacqueline M. Gifford, Bankrupts-Appellees, Appeal of Thorp Finance Corporation, Creditor-Appellant. United States of America, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- G. F. C. Corp. of Kansas v. Noland (In Re Noland)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Kansas · 1981
- Slater v. Household Finance Corp. (In Re Slater)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · 1982
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