Legal Opinion
In Re Smart
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut
Decided October 14, 1997No. 19-30205PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON MOTION TO DETERMINE SECURED STATUS OF CLAIMS
ALBERT S. DABROWSKI, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This matter presents an interesting question in the continuing wake of Nobelman v. American Savings Bank (In re Nobelman), 508 U.S. 324, 113 S.Ct. 2106, 124 L.Ed.2d 228 (1993). In Nobelman, the United States Supreme Court construed Section 1322(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code to preclude a Chapter 13 debtor from relying on Section 506(a) to “bifurcate” an undersecured homestead mortgage into secured and unsecured components, thereby reducing the extent of the creditor’s lien…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Dewsnup v. TimmSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Nobelman v. American Savings BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Toibb v. RadloffSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Ronald E. Grubbs v. Houston First American Savings AssociationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- In Re MarenaroBankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 1998
- In Re LariosUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2001
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