Legal Opinion
Tate v. Bolen
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 10, 2009No. 08-60953PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
The debtors, Troy Edwin Tate and Elaine Burris Tate, appeal the order of the district court affirming the judgment of the bankruptcy court dismissing their Chapter 7 bankruptcy case for abuse. To determine if a debtor with above median income has filed a presumptively abusive Chapter 7 case, we must apply the means test under that chapter and decide whether a debtor can claim a transportation ownership deduction when the debtor has no loan or lease payment on his cars. Based on our conclusion that the debtors should have been allowed to deduct the transportation…
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- Babin v. Wilson (In Re Wilson)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
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