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066026P.pdf 09/14/2006 Trent Dales Ginter v. Alliant Bank
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-6026
Western District of Missouri
[PUBLISHED] [Schermer, Author, with Kressel, Chief Judge, and McDonald,
Bankruptcy Judge]
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. The doctrines of res judicata and judicial
estoppel do not prevent the debtor from avoiding the creditor's
nonpossessory, nonpurchase-money security interest in certain tools of
the debtor's trade pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Sec. 522(f)(1)(B)(ii) after the
debtor stipulated to relief from the automatic stay in the creditor's favor
with respect to the tools pursuant to 11 U.S.C. Sec. 362(d); debtor's right
to avoid the lien did not involve the same cause of action as the earlier
relief under the Sec. 362(d), and the debtor did not take inconsistent
positions by consenting to relief from a stay motion and then filing the
lien avoidance motion.