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D. Minnesota· 6/1/1984

In Re Carlson

Citations

  • 40 B.R. 746
  • 1984 Bankr. LEXIS 5585
  • 12 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 210

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  • holding that only actions which are pending or contingent at the time of the filing of the bankruptcy petition constitute “rights of action” as contemplated by the statute
  • recounting the legislative history and reasoning that “it is a fair conclusion that the [Minnesota] exemption statutes adopted during the 1980 session were at least partially in response to the exemption provisions of the new Bankruptcy Code”
  • settlement proceeds from personal injury action were exempt because debtors had not yet released defendants from liability or received settlement payments
  • implicitly construing the statute to cover only pending rights oí action
  • discussing the lack of legislative history

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Judges: Robert J. Kressel

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