Legal Opinion
Clifton v. Tavares (In Re Clifton)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Jersey
Decided October 6, 1983No. 19-11929PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
AMEL STARK, Bankruptcy Judge:
The debtors, Lonnie L. Clifton and Janice Clifton, have filed a complaint under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)(1) to avoid judicial liens placed on their family residence by five creditors from December 1975 to March 1978. Two of the defendants contend that section 522(f) effects an unconstitutional taking of property without just compensation. In view of the recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Commonwealth National Bank v. United States (In re Ashe), 712 F.2d 864 (3d Cir.1983), I reject the defendants’ argument and determine…
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