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062217P.pdf   07/10/2007  Charles Benn  v.  James Cole
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-2217
   U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Smith and Bowman, Circuit
   Judges]
Civil case - Bankruptcy. Missouri Revised Statute 513.427 is not an exemption statute and there is no exemption for tax refunds under state law or applicable federal law; debtors' anticipated tax refunds, to the extent they are attributable to events occurring before the filing of the petition for bankruptcy, are part of the bankruptcy estate.