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· 12/27/2006

Taylor Ayes William P. Cutshall Frank A. Ribar Edward C. Smith James F. Martin William C. Terrio v. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Citations

  • 473 F.3d 104
  • 57 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 331
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 31820
  • 47 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 144

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a veteran home- loan guaranty entitlement is not an “other similar grant” under § 525(a) and stating that, although Section 525(c) “clearly abrogated Goldrich’s specific holding[,] . . . [t]here is, however, no indication in the language of [Section] 525(c
  • defining the “time-honored maxim” as “the expression of one thing implies the exclusion of another”
  • “The time-honored maxim expressio unius est exclusio alterius . . . applies with great force here.”
  • “Unfortunately for Appellants, the veteran [home loan] guaranty entitlement bears no such resemblance to the items listed in § 525(a).”
  • “The time-honored maxim ex-pressio unius est exclusio alterius ... applies with great force here.”
  • “Although the term ‘grant’ is not defined in the statute, the use of the word ‘similar’ limits the universe of ‘grants’ to . . . only grants bearing a family resemblance . . . .”

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Judges: Wilkinson, Niemeyer, Williams

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