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MATTER OF SINCLAIR

No. 89-1093.

870 F.2d 1340 (1989)

In the Matter of Russell E. SINCLAIR, Sr. and M. Marguerite Sinclair, Debtors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Lauber, Forrell & Long, Godfrey, Ill., for debtors-appellants.

Clifford C. Emons, Schwarz, Self, Emons & McDonald, Jerseyville, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr., and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

This case presents a conflict between a statute and its legislative history. The Sinclairs, who have a family farm, filed a bankruptcy petition in April 1985 under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Act of 1978. In October 1986 Congress added Chapter 12, providing benefits for farmers, and the Sinclairs asked the bankruptcy court to convert their case from Chapter 11 to Chapter 12. The bankruptcy judge declined, and the district court affirmed...

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