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· 11/7/2007

In Re Echeman

Citations

  • 378 B.R. 177
  • 2007 Bankr. LEXIS 3846
  • 2007 WL 3348436

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  • recognizing that courts cannot read words or even sub-sections of a statute in isolation; instead, statutory construction is a holistic endeavor requiring all relevant statutory provisions be read together
  • debtor is not entitled to pay priority unsecured claims from projected disposable income if such claims have already been deducted on Form B22C
  • “In essence, the effective re- sult is the same for all debtors—priority unsecured claims can be counted once, no more, no less, in determining which funds are left for nonpriority unsecured creditors.”
  • “In essence, the effective re- sult is the same for all debtors—priority unsecured claims can be counted once, no more, no less, in determining which funds are left for nonpriority unsecured creditors.”

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Judges: Lawrence S. Walter

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