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In Re Taylor

Citations

  • 537 A.2d 1179
  • 312 Md. 58
  • 1988 Md. LEXIS 57

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  • concluding that the deletion of certain language from the tools-of-the-trade bankruptcy exemption statute, although as a result of a recodification, must have been substantive although such changes during recodification are presumed to be stylistic
  • observing that, in compliance with the “commandment” in Article III, § 44, the General Assembly enacted § 11-504
  • interpreting the bankruptcy exemption for tools of one's trade to be limited to those \reasonably necessary\ for one's profession despite the absence of the word \reasonable\ in the statutory text
  • interpreting the bankruptcy exemption for tools of one’s trade to be limited to those “reasonably necessary” for one’s profession despite the absence of the word “reasonable” in the statutory text
  • interpreting the bankruptcy exemption for tools of one’s trade to be limited to those “reasonably necessary” for one’s profession despite the absence of the word “reasonable” in the statutory text
  • “a person shall not be deprived of a fair opportunity to make an honest living so as not to be precluded from casting off the economic shackles with which his debts have bound him.”

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Judges: McAuliffe, Cole, Eldridge, Rodowsky, Adkins, Blackwell, Orth

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