Legal Opinion
In Re Haggerty
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 1, 1989No. C0-89-821PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPOVICH, Chief Justice.
The debtors filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition and claimed their homestead as exempt from creditors pursuant to Minn. Stat. §§ 510.01-510.02 (1988). The bankruptcy trustee objected, contending the Minnesota homestead exemption is unconstitutional under Minn. Const, art. 1, § 12, and In re Tveten, 402 N.W.2d 551 (Minn. 1987), because it has only area limits but no value or dollar limit. The en banc United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Minnesota, certified to us the following question of state law:
Are Minn.Stat. §§ 510.01 and 510.02 unconstitutional as…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Local Loan Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- McGuire v. C & L RESTAURANT INC.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
- In Re TvetenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1987
- City of Richfield v. Local No. 1215, International Ass'n of Fire FightersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
- Denzer v. PrendergastSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
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3Cited by133 opinions
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- Hamilton v. Commissioner of Public SafetySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
- State v. MacHholzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
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