Opinion ID: 760165
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Heading: Claiming homestead exemption after date of petition in bankruptcy

Text: 13 We have already held that the bankruptcy court erred in ruling that the Michaels could not claim a homestead exemption after the date of their bankruptcy petition. The issue was thus decided as the law of the case, and one panel of an appellate court will not as a general rule reconsider questions which another panel has decided on a prior appeal in the same case. Merritt v. Mackey, 932 F.2d 1317, 1320 (9th Cir.1991) (quotations omitted). The trustee does not argue that any of the exceptions to the law of the case doctrine apply. See id. Therefore it is the law of the case that the Michaels could claim a homestead exemption after the date of their bankruptcy petition. We remanded, however, for a resolution of the question whether the Michaels could amend their schedules under the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. In re Michael, 49 F.3d at 502.