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Williamson v. Sherlock (In re Sherlock)

Williamson v. Sherlock (In re Sherlock)

Ruling
Bankruptcy court properly declined to apply marshaling doctrine to collect prepetition income tax refund offset by IRS.
Procedural posture

Chapter 7 trustee sought review of a decision of a bankruptcy court, which declined to apply the doctrine of marshaling to collect the pre-petition portion of appellee debtors'income tax refund that was offset by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

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Consumer opinion summary, case decided on September 11, 2008 , LexisNexis #1008-011