· 12/18/2009
Sticka v. Applebaum (In Re Applebaum)
Citations
- 422 B.R. 684
- 2009 Bankr. LEXIS 4092
- 2009 WL 5206899
How courts have described this case
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- holding that California’s bankruptcy-only exemption statute did not violate the Equal Protection Clause even though the exemptions differed from exemptions that California accorded to debtors not in bankruptcy
- finding that California's bankruptcy-only exemptions did not violate the Supremacy Clause
- finding \no conflict between the purpose and goals of the Bankruptcy Code and the California bankruptcy-only exemption statute” and stating that \[sjimply because the exemptions differ from the federal exemptions (or from its non-bankruptcy counterpart
- “[F]ed-eral bankruptcy law is not so pervasive, nor is the federal interest so dominant, as to wholly preclude state legislation in the area.”
- “California’s bankruptcy-only exemption statute ... does not violate the Uniformity Clause.”
- California’s bankruptcy-specific exemptions did not violate the Uniformity Clause
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Judges: Hollowell, Pappas, Markell
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