IN RE NORTON

Bankruptcy No. 80-02504G, Adv. No. 81-0974G.

15 B.R. 627 (1981)

In re William H. NORTON, Carrie W. Norton f/k/a Carrie A. Woodard, Debtors. UNITED STATES of America on Behalf of its Agency INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Plaintiff, v. William H. NORTON, Carrie W. Norton f/k/a Carrie A. Woodward, Defendants.

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

December 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell W. Miller, Philadelphia, Pa., for the debtors, William H. Norton and Carrie W. Norton f/k/a Carrie A. Woodard.

Virginia R. Powel, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., Judith A. Levinthal, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Internal Revenue Service.

James J. O'Connell, Philadelphia, Pa., Trustee.


OPINION

EMIL F. GOLDHABER, Bankruptcy Judge:

The issue presented is whether the Internal Revenue Service ("the IRS") is entitled to relief from the automatic stay provided by § 362(d) of the Bankruptcy Code ("the Code") to permit it to setoff a tax refund due the debtors against the debtors' tax liability for a prior tax year. We conclude that the IRS has failed to state a cause of action upon which such relief may be granted and we will, therefore...

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