IN RE VALENTI

No. 1422, Docket 95-5079.

105 F.3d 55 (1997)

In re Ralph J. VALENTI and Mary Phyllis Valenti, Debtors. GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ralph J. VALENTI and Mary Phyllis Valenti, Defendants-Appellees, and Andrea E. Celli, Esq., Chapter 13 Trustee, Trustee-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Epstein, Atlanta, GA (Mark M. Maloney, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, of counsel, Rudolph J. Meola, Richard J. Miller & Associates, P.C., on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael J. O'Connor, Albany, N.Y. (Cynthia A. Platt, O'Connor, O'Connor, Mayberger & First, P.C., Albany, NY, of counsel) for Defendants-Appellees.

Andrea E. Celli, Albany, NY, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee.

(Kenneth R. Hiller, Law Office of Jeffrey M. Freedman, Buffalo, NY, of counsel, and on the brief), for Amicus Curiae The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Inc.

(Jonathan D. Deily, Susan S. Dautel, and Martin A. Mooney, Deily, Testa & Dautel, L.L.P., of counsel, and on the brief), for Amicus Curiae Chrysler Financial Corporation, Ford Motor Credit Company and Toyota Motor Credit Corporation.

Before: CARDAMONE, ALTIMARI, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant General Motors Acceptance Corporation ("GMAC") appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Con. G. Cholakis, Judge), which upheld the bankruptcy court's confirmation of the Chapter 13 reorganization plan of debtors-appellees Ralph and Mary Valenti. There are two issues on appeal: (1) whether the district court erred when it upheld the valuation of the Valentis' automobile...

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