Garran v. SMS Financial V, LLC (In Re Garran)

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• recognizing that where Massachusetts courts have not yet addressed an issue, the court must predict how the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court would interpret the statute
• recognizing that where Massachusetts courts have not yet addressed an issue, the court must predict how the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court would interpret the statute
• stating that when a state court has not interpreted a state statute, the federal court “must predict how the [highest state court] would interpret the statute”
• stating that when a state court has not interpreted a state statute, the federal court \must predict how the [highest state court] would interpret the statute\
• stating that when a state court has not interpreted a state statute, the federal court “must predict how the [highest state court] would interpret the statute”
• allowing debtors to avoid certain judicial liens which impair their exemptions furthers the underlying “fresh start” policy of the Bankruptcy Code

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