Legal Opinion

In Re Mohring

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California

Decided June 30, 1992No. 12-41494PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION DENYING MOTION TO AVOID LIEN PER 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)

CHRISTOPHER M. KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge:

This is a motion to avoid a lien on putatively exempt property under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f). The question is whether the lack of objection to a claimed exemption of property strips the court of power to deny a motion to avoid a lien on that property as unsupported by evidence. The question is of practical importance in the wake of the decision by the United States Supreme Court in Taylor v. Freeland & Kronz, — U.S.-, 112 S.Ct. 1644, 118 L.Ed.2d 280 (1992), enforcing the exemption by…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Freeland & KronzSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. In Re E.R. Fegert, Inc., Debtor. Dan O'rourke, Trustee v. Seaboard Surety Company Coral Construction Company, Inc. Shotwell Paving CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
  3. In Re Irwin Hyman Janice Hyman, Debtors. Irwin Hyman Janice Hyman v. Gary A. Plotkin, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  4. Jerry Payne and Deborah Payne, Debtors-Appellants v. Charles R. Wood, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  5. LaVangie v. Mazzola (In Re Mazzola)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1980

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3Cited by72 opinions

  1. Cusano v. KleinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
  2. In Re BlaiseBankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Second Circuit · 1998
  3. In Re ColvinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 2003
  4. Morgan v. Federal Deposit Insurance (In Re Morgan)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
  5. Donarumo v. Furlong (In Re Furlong)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011

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