In the Matter of Richard E. BARKER, Debtor-Appellant

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• applying Illinois law to question of whether a debtor can stack his exemptions
• “When ... a state has opted out of the exemption scheme set forth in Section 522(d
• Seventh Circuit construes Illinois personal property exemption law in accordance with intrinsic and extrinsic aids set forth by Illinois Supreme Court
• where statutory language is clear and unambiguous, courts “should not resort to extrinsic aids in construing the statute”
• “[E]xemption statutes should be liberally construed in order to carry out the [Illinois’] legislature’s purpose in enacting them — to protect debtors.”
• \[T]he courts in Illinois have consistently held that personal property exemption statutes should be liberally construed to carry out the legislature's purpose in enacting them-to protect debtors .\

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