Baker v. GFC Corp. (In re Baker)
In Re Ida B. BAKER, Debtor. in Re Doris Amber REYNOLDS, Debtor. in Re Bradley E. FARRELL, and Robin G. Farrell, Debtors. in Re Steven C. RICE and June R. Rice, Debtors. Ida B. BAKER, Plaintiff, v. GFC CORPORATION OF MISSOURI, Defendant; Doris Amber REYNOLDS, Plaintiff, v. GFC CORPORATION OF MISSOURI, Defendant; Bradley E. FARRELL, and Robin G. Farrell, Plaintiffs, v. GFC CORPORATION OF KANSAS, Defendant; Steven C. RICE and June R. Rice, Plaintiffs, v. GFC CORPORATION OF MISSOURI, Defendant
Opinion
ORDER PARTIALLY VACATING ORDER FINDING STATUTE CONSTITUTIONAL AS TO LIENS VESTING PRIOR TO EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT OF 1978 On July 31, 1981 this Court en banc upheld the constitutionality of 11 U.S.C. § 522 (f) when applied retroactively to liens vesting prior to October 1, 1979 (the effective date of the new Bankruptcy Code). This ruling was based on our conclusion that Congress intended for the statute to be applied retroactively, that no appellate court had ruled at that time on the question and the strong presumption accorded the constitutionality of an act of Congress. We specifically stated that “when the issue of constitutionality is in doubt, the trial court should resolve any doubts in favor of constitutionality”.
Matter of Baker, 5 B.R. 397, 400 (Bkrtcy.W.D.Mo.1980).
On March 2,1981 the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that § 522(f) is unconstitutional when applied to liens vesting prior to November 6, 1978, (the date of enactment of the Bankruptcy Code).
Rodrock v. Security Industrial Bank, 642 F.2d 1193 (10th Cir. 1981). The judges of this Court agree as stated by District Judge Sachs in Matter of Lovett, 11 B.R. 123 (W.D.Mo.1981) that Rodrock is “sufficiently authoritative and persuasive” to overrule Baker insofar as it applies to liens vesting prior to the date of enactment of the Code. Accordingly, it is ORDERED, that 11 U.S.C. § 522 (f) is held to be unconstitutional when applied to liens vesting prior to November 6, 1978, but constitutional as applied to liens vesting subsequent to that date.
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