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976050P.pdf   11/14/1997  John Wayne Barcal  v.  Kathleen Laughlin
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  97-6050
   District of Nebraska   
   Disputed unsecured claims should be considered in determining a debtor's
   eligibility for Chapter 13 relief; here, debtor's schedules and proofs
   of claim established that his debts exceeded the $250,000 eligibility
   limits of Section 109(e); where debtor's schedule and proof of claim
   show he exceeds the eligibility limit, the court need not make a full
   determination of the amount and validity of the disputed claims.