MATTER OF ALLEN

No. 83-1370.

725 F.2d 290 (1984)

In the Matter of Robert Henry ALLEN, Jr., and Mary Lou Allen, Debtors. Robert Henry ALLEN, Jr., and Mary Lou Allen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HALE COUNTY STATE BANK, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bass & Hobbs, R. Byrn Bass, Jr., Lubbock, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John Thomas Boyd, Jr., Plainview, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before POLITZ, RANDALL and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 20, 1984.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge.

This direct appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Northern District of Texas raises the question whether Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 3836, which denies the personal property exemption in the bankruptcy provisions for property subject to secured liens, is preempted by the federal bankruptcy exemption provision, 11 U.S.C. § 522. Concluding that it is not, we affirm...

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