Type: Amicus
Date: October 18, 2011
Description: Whether debtor may claim exemption in the amount of 100% FMV.
Result: Judgment affirmed, February 27, 2012
Chappell v. Klein, No. 07-35704 (9th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: March 12, 2008
Description: Whether value attributable to appreciation in home is property of the estate where the property was claimed as fully exempt and no objection received.
Result: Affirmed. Debtor lost.
Mullen v. Hamlin, No. 11-1083 (B.A.P. 9th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: May 20, 2011
Description: Whether inherited IRA is exempt from bankruptcy estate.
Result: Judgment affirmed, February 21, 2012
Hamlin NACBA amicus 9th BAP
Gold v. Lewis, No. 09-1777 (6th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: April 9, 2010
Description: Whether Ford buy-out plan is exempt under section 522(d)(11)(E)
Result: Affirmed. Debtor won.
In re Schafer, No. 10-8030 (B.A.P. 6th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: July 22, 2010
Description: Constitutionality of Michigan’s Bankruptcy specific exemption scheme.
Results: Reversed. Debtor lost.
In re Chilton, No. 11-40377 (5th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: July 1, 2011
Description: Exemption for inherited IRA.
Result: Judgment affirmed, March 12, 2012
Chilton 5th NACBA amicus
In re Weinstein, No. 98-1365 (1st Cir.)
Schwab v. Reilly, No. 08-538 (USSCt)
Type: Amicus
Date: September 25, 2009
Description: Claimed exemption in the amount of 100% FMV
Result: Reversed and remanded, 130 S. Ct. 2652 (2010)
In re Schafer, No. 11-1340 (6th Cir.)
Type: Amicus
Date: June 28, 2011
Description: Whether Michigan’s exemptions, which are available only to bankruptcy debtors, violate the Bankruptcy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Result: Affirmed Aug. 20, 2012