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Rappaport v. Commercial Banking Corp. (In Re Rappaport)

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided May 13, 1982No. 19-10274PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EMIL F. GOLDHABER, Bankruptcy Judge:

The issue before us is whether a creditor’s judgment lien impairs the debtors’ claimed exemption in their residence so as to permit them to avoid that lien pursuant to § 522(f)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code (“the Code”). We conclude that the debtors may avoid the judgment lien since, as of the date of the filing of their petition for relief, that lien impaired the debtors’ claimed exemption in their residence.

The facts of the instant case are as follows: 1 On November 14, 1980, Fred and Barbara Rappaport (“the debtors”) filed a petition for relief under…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Tanner v. FinanceAmerica Consumer Discount Co. (In Re Tanner)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
  2. In Re AsheCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
  3. Sweeney v. Pacific Finance Co. (In Re Sweeney)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1980
  4. Centran Bank of Akron v. Ambrose (In Re Ambrose)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 1980
  5. U. S. Life Credit Corp. v. Steinart (In Re Steinart)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1980

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. In Re Sandor Chabot in Re Betty B. Chabot, Debtors. City National Bank v. Sandor Chabot Betty B. ChabotCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
  2. Galvan v. Galvan (In Re Galvan)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
  3. Hyman v. Plotkin (In Re Hyman)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
  4. Bankr. L. Rep. P 76,098 in Re Lois Imogene Green, A/K/A Imogene Mason Green, Debtor. Robert Allen v. Lois Imogene Green, A/K/A Imogene Mason GreenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  5. In Re CernigliaUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Illinois · 1992

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