In Re Tignor’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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1. “[I]f the cause of action had been reduced to judgment or settled prior to the filing of the petition, the proceeds would have constituted an asset of the bankruptcy estate. The debtor would suffer the loss of these proceeds except to the extent he could avail himself of the use of the state exemption statutes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley, Inc. v. Musser (In Re Musser)

2. “[a] voluntary petition, schedule, or statement of affairs may be amended as a matter of course at any time before the case is closed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tignor v. Parkinson