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ARRUDA v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.

No. 02-1198.

310 F.3d 13 (2002)

Dorothy ARRUDA et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. ET AL., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 30, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher M. Lefebvre, with whom Law Offices of Claude Lefebvre & Sons, Daniel A. Edelman, Tara L. Goodwin, and Edelman, Combs & Latturner, LLC were on brief, for appellants.

Philip D. Anker, with whom Bruce M. Berman, Steven E. Hugie, Michael D. Leffel, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Howard A. Merten, Jr., Vetter & White, David Grossbaum, Maura K. McKelvey, Cetrulo & Capone, LLP, James R. DeGiacomo, and Murtha Cullina Roche & DeGiacomo were on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

A discharge in bankruptcy, simpliciter, ordinarily does not wipe out previously perfected security interests in tangible personal property. The lienholder retains a right of repossession, subject, however, to the bankrupt's possible right of redemption. If timely exercised, this right of redemption allows an individual Chapter 7 debtor to "redeem [certain] tangible personal property intended primarily...

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