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  • Todeschi v. Juarez, No. 19-60051 (9th Cir.)

    Posted by NCBRC - May 29th, 2020

    Type: Amicus
    Date: April 10, 2020
    Description: Whether section 1129(b)(2)(B)(ii) requires debtors to offer new value for exempt property.
    Result: Pending.

    Juarez 9th Cir NACBA Amicus

  • Burciaga v. Moglia (In re Burciaga), No. 19-2246 (7th Cir.)

    Posted by NCBRC - November 19th, 2019

    Type: Amicus
    Date: September 17, 2019
    Description: Whether property of a debtor is exempt under 522(b)(3)(A) if applicable state law provides that the property is not subject to any collection action.
    Result: Pending

    Burciaga 7th Cir Amicus brief Legal Aid Chicago NACBA

  • Lerbakken v. Sieloff and Assoc., P.A., No. 18-3415 (8th Cir.)

    Posted by NCBRC - February 20th, 2019

    Type: Amicus
    Date: February 12, 2019.
    Description: Whether the bankruptcy court erred in denying the Chapter 7 debtor’s claimed exemption in funds in a 401(k) account and an IRA that had been awarded to him in a prepetition marital dissolution proceeding.
    Result: Affirmed. February 7, 2020.

    Lerbakken 8th Cir Feb 2020

    Lerbakken 8th Cir NACBA Amicus Feb 2019

     

  • Wilson v. Rigby, No. 17-35716 (9th Cir.)

    Posted by NCBRC - December 18th, 2017

    Type: Amicus
    Date: December 12, 2017
    Description: Whether debtor has a right to an exemption of more than the equity on the day of filing when there is room to capture increased value in exemption.
    Result: Pending

    Wilson 9th Cir NACBA Amicus Dec 2017

  • Wilson v. Rigby, No. 16-1684 (W.D. Wash)

    Posted by NCBRC - February 6th, 2017

    Type: Amicus
    Date: February 3, 2017
    Description: Whether debtor has right to an exemption of more than the equity on the day of filing when there is room to capture increased value in exemption.
    Result: Pending

    Wilson WD Wash NACBA Amicus Feb 2017

  • Peake v. Ayobami, No. 16-20589 (5th Cir.)

    Posted by NCBRC - December 30th, 2016

    Type: Amicus
    Date: December 20, 2016
    Description: Whether post-petition appreciation devolves to a debtor electing federal exemptions when the debtor checks off the 100% FMV box and does not exceed the statutory limitation on exemptions.
    Result: Pending

    Ayobami NACBA Amicus 5th Cir Dec 2016

     

  • Lua v. Miller, No. 15-56814 (9th Cir.)

    Posted by NCBRC - November 15th, 2016

    Type: Amicus
    Date: July 25, 2016
    Description: Whether equitable estoppel under state law may prevent a debtor’s amendment of claimed exemptions.
    Result: Pending

    lua-nacba-amicus-9th-cir-july-2016

  • Hardy v. Fink, No. 14-1181 (8th Cir.)

    Posted by NCBRC - March 16th, 2016

    Type: Amicus
    Date: November 10, 2014
    Description: Whether the refundable component of the federal child tax credit was not exempt as a “public assistance benefit” under Missouri law, and whether the facts were not sufficiently developed below to support a precedential decision.
    Result: Reversed June 2, 2015. Debtor won.

    Hardy 8th opinion

    Hardy NACBA Amicus

  • Law v. Siegel (In re Law), No. 12-5196 (SCt)

    Posted by NCBRC - March 3rd, 2015

    Type: Amicus
    Date: September 3, 2013
    Description: Whether trustee has the power to impose a special charge on the debtor by taking away homestead exemption for failing to comply with the trustee’s demands for information during discovery.
    Result: Debtor won, 571 U.S. ___ (March 4, 2014)

    Law NACBA amicus

    Law USSCt opinion

  • Running v. Miller (In re Miller), No. 13-3682 (8th Cir.)

    Posted by NCBRC - February 16th, 2015

    Type: Amicus
    Date: March 27, 2014
    Description: Whether Individual Retirement Annuity created by lump sum rollover contribution from exempt Individual Retirement Account is exempt under section 522(b)(3)(C).
    Result: Judgment affirmed, debtor won. February 13, 2015
    Miller 8th Cir NACBA amicus
    Miller 8th Cir Opinion

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