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· 10/9/1950

Honolulu Plantation Co. v. United States

Citations

  • 340 U.S. 820
  • 71 S. Ct. 51
  • 95 L. Ed. 602
  • 1950 U.S. LEXIS 1651

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  • concluding that debt- or could not avoid a lien against religious paintings as impairing the debtor’s exemption under Oklahoma law because the paintings “were primarily used for business rather than personal, family or household purposes”
  • upholding determination that religious paintings’ most important use as business collateral defeated a household goods exemption despite use for aesthetic purposes
  • court upholding bankruptcy court’s decision that “classic religious paintings” were not exempt and the liens were not avoidable because under the circumstances the paintings were not held primarily for personal, family, or household use

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