Legal Opinion
Lamar v. United States (In Re Lamar)
District Court, D. Nevada
Decided February 26, 1990No. BK-S-88-2777-RCJ, CV-S-89-653-PMP (RJJ)PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PRO, District Judge.
Debtor commenced bankruptcy proceedings under chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code on September 1, 1988. On May 30, 1989, the United States filed a Motion to Dismiss (# 13), asserting that the Debtor is not eligible to be a petitioner in a chapter 13 case because she does not meet the debt restrictions set forth under 11 U.S.C. § 109(e). That section provides in pertinent part:
Only an individual with regular income that owes, on the date of the filing of the petition, noncontingent, liquidated, unsecured debts of less than $100,000 ... may be a debtor under chapter 13…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sylvester v. Dow Jones & Co. (In Re Sylvester)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. Wenberg (In Re Wenberg)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- In Re LambertUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1984
- In Re KingUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Oregon · 1981
- In Re MortonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 1984
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