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· 5/25/1988

In Re McGoy

Citations

  • 86 B.R. 174
  • 4 Bankr. Rep (St. Louis B.A.) 4177
  • 1988 Bankr. LEXIS 746
  • 1988 WL 53238

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that debtor’s stock certificates were not exempt because debtor had possession of them pre-petition
  • stating that the equitable determination made in Donaghy cannot be extended beyond the specific circumstances presented in that case and declining to “exercise its powers of equity and enter an order which is contrary to the language of [the applicable exemption statute]”
  • as a matter of equity the bankruptcy court is charged with the responsibility of interpreting the Congressional intent of statutes
  • “As a matter of law, the ‘right to receive’ terminates upon receipt.”

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Judges: James J. Barta

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