Legal Opinion
In re Gifford
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 1982No. 81-1174PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of a three-judge bankruptcy court that relied on 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(2)(A) to discharge Thorp Finance Corporation’s nonpossessory, non-purchase-money security interest in various household goods owned by Mr. and Mrs. Gifford. Thorp’s security interest attached to the household goods one month before Section 522(f) of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 was enacted, raising the issues of whether Section 522(f) applies to Thorp’s security interest and if so whether that application is constitutional.
We first heard arguments on September 21,…
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