Legal Opinion
Schneider v. Fidelity National Bank (In Re Schneider)
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided February 2, 1984No. 16-11815PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM L. NORTON, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
The Chapter 13 debtor filed a complaint to avoid a lien on his automobile pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(2). The debtor characterized the lien as a non-possessory, non-purchase money lien on a tool of the trade. The creditor has disputed the tool of the trade characterization of the property to which the lien attaches. Because this court finds (1) that creditor’s lien is a non-purchase money lien, (2) that the traveling-salesman debtor’s automobile qualifies as a tool of the trade, and (3) that the creditor’s lien impairs an exemption to which…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Sweeney v. Pacific Finance Co. (In Re Sweeney)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1980
- Credithrift of America, Inc. v. Dubrock (In Re Dubrock)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1980
- Safeway Finance Co. v. Ward (In Re Ward)District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1981
- Aycock v. Heritage Bank (In Re Aycock)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1981
- In Re CurrieDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1983
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3Cited by16 opinions
- In Re LimingCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
- Nazarene Federal Credit Union v. McNutt (In Re McNutt)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- In Re SchymaUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1985
- In Re HarrellUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · 1987
- In Re PsickUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1985
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