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Morris v. Associates Finance Co. (In Re Morris)

United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided June 24, 1981No. 19-04299PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

RICHARD L. MERRICK, Bankruptcy Judge.

This cause comes on for decision upon the pleadings in nineteen separate cases 1 which have been consolidated for trial because all of them raise the question of the constitutionality of Section 522(f) of the Bankruptcy Code. 2 In each case, except one, one of the parties is a consumer debtor (usually spouses as joint debtors) and the other party is a finance company. In each instance, with the same single exception, the debt at issue is a consumer installment loan which has been secured by the granting of a security interest in household…

2Cases cited63 opinions

  1. Local Loan Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Home Building & Loan Assn. v. BlaisdellSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  3. Armstrong v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Ogden v. SaundersSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
  5. Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank v. RadfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1935

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. O'Neal v. United States (In Re O'Neal)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Missouri · 1982
  2. Barnard v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  3. In re GiffordCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  4. Boyer v. ITT Financial Services (In Re Boyer)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Missouri · 1986
  5. In Re LaFondUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1984

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