Legal Opinion
Cunning v. Rucker (In Re Rucker)
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 26, 2009No. 08-55652, 08-55655PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
Facing a civil judgment debt of more than $6.5 million, Lloyd Myles Rucker declared bankruptcy and tried to exempt his assets as belonging to private retirement plans under California Civil Procedure Code (“CPC”) § 704.115. Rucker had previously placed the assets in pension and 401 (k) plans funded by his wholly owned corporations. The bankruptcy court denied the exemption on the explicit ground that Rucker’s retirement plans were not designed and used primarily for retirement purposes. The district court saw it otherwise and reversed this judgment. We conclude, after…
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