Legal Opinion

In Re Gardner

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Arkansas

Decided December 31, 1991No. Bankruptcy 88-20027 M, 90-40042 M and 90-15085 FPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

JAMES G. MIXON, Bankruptcy Judge.

All three of the above-styled cases concern the same legal issue and involve the same operative facts. Each of the debtors filed a voluntary petition under the provisions of chapter 7 during the time that a debtor’s entitlement to exempt property was limited to state exemptions pursuant to Ark.Code Ann. § 16-66-217 (1987). 1

On March 5, 1991, Ark.Code Ann. § 16-66-217 (1987) was amended to allow residents of Arkansas to claim either state or federal exemptions. In each of the above-styled cases, the debtors amended their claims of exemption from the state…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. United States v. Security Industrial BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. In Re KincaidCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
  3. Gannett River States Publishing Co. v. Arkansas Industrial Development CommissionSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
  4. First National Bank of Mobile v. Alton A. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
  5. Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan & Scholarship Board v. LuterSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In Re TorontoUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · 1994
  2. Pineo v. Fulton (In Re Fulton)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. Pennsylvania Capital Bank v. Allen (In Re Allen)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. In Re GovoniUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2002

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