In Re Long

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the hanging paragraph in § 522 is plainly designed 24 to prevent a debtor from being denied any exemptions
• characterizing the hanging 19 paragraph as a “fail-safe mechanism” to ensure debtors were not denied any exemptions
• “I cannot conclude that Congress intended to preempt state exemption law when it enacted a statute that expressly provides for state law to apply when the debtor chooses, and, indeed, to apply exclusively when the state opts out of the federal exemption scheme”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re Withington
  D. Colorado· 2018-09-18· cited 6×
• Sheehan v. Ash
  N.D. West Virginia· 2017-06-27· cited 4×
• In re Earned Income Tax Credit Exemption Constitutional Challenge Cases
  D. Kansas· 2012-08-02· cited 3×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Butner v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1979-02-21· cited 3,653×
• Stephens v. Holbrook (In Re Stephens)
  Tenth Circuit· 2009-03-09· cited 25×
• Camp v. Ingalls
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-01-21· cited 16×
• In Re Garrett
  S.D. Texas· 2010-08-18· cited 14×
• In Re Camp
  W.D. Texas· 2008-09-25· cited 10×
• In Re Fernandez
  W.D. Texas· 2011-01-26· cited 7×
• In re Rody
  D. Arizona· 2012-02-06· cited 7×