IN RE BALLARD

No. 94-2199.

65 F.3d 367 (1995)

In re Edgar and Beulah H. BALLARD, Debtors. Jeffrey FAIRFIELD, Trustee, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee, Commonwealth of Virginia, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeffrey John Fairfield, Jeffrey J. Fairfield, P.C., Herndon, VA, for appellant. Patricia McDonald Bowman, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellee. ON BRIEF: Loretta C. Agrett, Assistant Attorney General, Gary R. Allen, Gary D. Gray, Helen F. Fahey, United States Attorneys, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellee.

Before HALL and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the majority opinion, in which Senior Judge PHILLIPS joined. Judge HALL wrote a dissenting opinion.

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we confront an admittedly arcane but interesting question of first impression in this circuit concerning the interaction between federal bankruptcy law and Virginia property law. More specifically, we consider the effect of the termination of the marital...

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