ESTOPPEL TO THE RESCUE: OBJECTIONS TO EXEMPTIONS ON THE BASIS OF BAD FAITH MAY SURVIVE LAW V. SIEGEL IN CALIFORNIA
On March 4, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the Ninth Circuit's imposition of an equitable surcharge on the basis of bad faith against a debtor's exempt property in Law v. Siegel, 134 S.Ct. 1188 (2014). The Supreme Court held that the general...