IN RE RYAN

Bankruptcy No. 80-00123G.

12 B.R. 425 (1981)

In re Thomas J. RYAN, Ethel Ryan, Debtors.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

July 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin Trauss, Philadelphia, Pa., for debtors, Thomas J. Ryan and Ethel Ryan.

Sheldon C. Jelin, Wollman & Tracey, Philadelphia, Pa., for Provident Consumer Discount Co.

Jonathan H. Ganz, Philadelphia, Pa., Trustee.


OPINION

EMIL F. GOLDHABER, Bankruptcy Judge:

The issue at bench is whether a judicial lien and a nonpossessory, nonpurchase-money security interest in household goods, both of which arose prior to the enactment date of the Bankruptcy Code ("the Code"), may be avoided by the debtors pursuant to § 522(f) of the Code. We conclude that § 522(f) is constitutional as applied to preenactment liens and the debtors...

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