Legal Opinion
In Re Cerchione
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho
Decided January 6, 2009No. 08-40655PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
JIM D. PAPPAS, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. Introduction
This case presents a new twist to a familiar contest in this Court: a trustee’s objection to the debtor’s claim to a homestead exemption. Here, chapter 7 1 trustee R. Sam Hopkins (“Trustee”) objects to the homestead exemption claimed by Debtors Guy Cerchione and Carla Cer-chione on a home that was under construction at the time Debtors filed their bankruptcy petition. Raising a novel argument founded upon a seldom used provision of the Idaho exemption statutes, Debtors insist that, because they used the exempt proceeds from…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State v. PayneIdaho Supreme Court · 2008
- In Re: Nell Carter, Debtor. Nell Carter v. Peter C. Anderson, Chapter 7trustee,appelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Jenkins v. HodesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
- Culver, LLC v. Chiu (In Re Chiu)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- In Re SteinmetzUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · 2001
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hopkins v. Cerchione (In Re Cerchione)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- In re CantuUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · 2014
- In re ColafranceschiUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · 2017
- Brittany Nicole WilliamsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · 2025
- Dale Haworth and Heather HaworthUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Idaho · 2019
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