IN RE CORRIN

Nos. 16-5717/5719.

849 F.3d 653 (2017)

IN RE: Michael CORRIN, Debtor. State of Tennessee, Intervenor-Appellant (16-5717), Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County, Creditor-Appellant (16-5719), v. Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Trustee-Appellee, Michael Corrin, personal representative for the Estate of Mildred Josephine Bratt, deceased, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 23, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gill R. Geldreich , OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant Tennessee. R. Alex Dickerson , DEPARTMENT OF LAW OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY, Nashville, Tennessee, for Metropolitan Government Appellant. Tracy L. Schweitzer , OFFICE OF THE CHAPTER 13 TRUSTEE FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee Hildebrand. Alexander S. Koval , ROTHSCHILD & AUSBROOKS, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee Corrin. ON BRIEF: Gill R. Geldreich, OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant Tennessee. R. Alex Dickerson , DEPARTMENT OF LAW OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY, Nashville, Tennessee, for Metropolitan Government Appellant. Henry E. Hildebrand, III , OFFICE OF THE CHAPTER 13 TRUSTEE FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee Hildebrand. Mary Elizabeth Ausbrooks , ROTHSCHILD & AUSBROOKS, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee Corrin.

Before: MERRITT, MOORE, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This bankruptcy case raises questions of statutory interpretation, federal preemption, and equal protection. Mildred Bratt filed a Chapter 13 plan providing for 12% interest on overdue property taxes to which Metro Nashville objected, arguing that Tennessee law specifies 18% interest. The bankruptcy...

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