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SHEEHAN v. PEVEICH

Nos. 08-2202, 08-2204, 08-2205, 08-2206, 08-2207, 08-2208, 08-2209, 08-2210.

574 F.3d 248 (2009)

Martin Patrick SHEEHAN, Trustee-Appellant, v. George M. PEVEICH, Debtor-Appellee, State of West Virginia, Intervenor-Appellee. Martin Patrick Sheehan, Trustee-Appellant, v. James Harold Melott, Jr.; Mary Margaret Melott, Debtors-Appellees, State of West Virginia, Intervenor-Appellee. Martin Patrick Sheehan, Trustee-Appellant, v. Scott Lemoyne Jackson, Debtor-Appellee, State of West Virginia, Intervenor-Appellee. Martin Patrick Sheehan, Trustee-Appellant, v. Nancy Louise Schubert, a/k/a Nancy Louise Meyers, Debtor-Appellee, State of West Virginia, Intervenor-Appellee. Martin Patrick Sheehan, Trustee-Appellant, v. Candace A. Curtis, a/k/a Candace A. Baker, Debtor-Appellee, State of West Virginia, Intervenor-Appellee. Martin Patrick Sheehan, Trustee-Appellant, v. Charles Michael Baird; Shirley Jean Baird, Debtors-Appellees, State of West Virginia, Intervenor-Appellee. Martin Patrick Sheehan, Trustee-Appellant, v. Danny G. Morrell, Jr.; Raquel L. Morrell, Debtors-Appellees, State of West Virginia, Intervenor-Appellee. Martin Patrick Sheehan, Trustee-Appellant, v. Charles L. Brown, Jr.; Nancy J. Brown, Debtors-Appellees, State of West Virginia, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 24, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Martin Patrick Sheehan, Sheehan & Nugent, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellant. Michael G. Clagett, Bridgeport, West Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General of the State of West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee State of West Virginia.

Affirmed by published opinion. Senior District Judge HOWARD wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge AGEE joined.

OPINION

HOWARD, Senior District Judge:

The question in these cases is whether the Supremacy Clause renders invalid state property exemptions that apply only in bankruptcy actions. Construing West Virginia Code § 38-10-4, the bankruptcy court held that such exemptions are not rendered invalid by the Supremacy Clause. We affirm that judgment.

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We have before us consolidated appeals from eight bankruptcy cases filed by debtors domiciled...

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