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· 4/5/1999

Luster v. Collins (In Re Collins)

Citations

  • 170 F.3d 512
  • 13 Tex.Bankr.Ct.Rep. 197
  • 83 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 1794
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 6041
  • 1999 WL 149813

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that the EITC was not exempt under Louisiana’s statute, which only exempted payments made under the state’s public assistance scheme
  • finding EITC not exempt under Louisiana’s statute, which exempted “money payments under this Title” because the title in question dealt with state welfare and assistance
  • “The canons of interpretation are suspicious of surplussage [sic].”

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Judges: Higginbotham, Jones, Dennis

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