SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
These appeals present a question of first impression among the circuits which arises under the new Bankruptcy Code: whether a debtor's cause of action for violations of the Truth in Lending Act and similar state statutes is "property" that may be claimed as exempt under the exemption provision of the Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 522(d)(1) and (5). The district court held that the rights of action may not be claimed as exempt. We hold that they...
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