Opinion ID: 196348
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: standard of review

Text: We afford plenary review to determinations of law made by a district court sitting in appellate review of a bankruptcy 2We note an $80 discrepancy between the bankruptcy court's judgment and the total claimed arrearage. This appears to be traceable to the court papers. We do not pursue the point, confident that any necessary adjustment can be made on remand. 5 court order, ceding no special deference to the district court. See, e.g., In re Winthrop Old Farm Nurseries, Inc., 50 F.3d 72, 73 (1st Cir. 1995); In re G.S.F. Corp., 938 F.2d 1467, 1474 (1st Cir. 1991); In re Navigation Technology Corp. 880 F.2d 1491, 1493 (1st Cir. 1989). This standard is fully applicable here, as it is in all cases in which we are asked to decipher the meaning of a statute. See, e.g., In re Jarvis, 53 F.3d 416, 419 (1st Cir. 1995); United States v. Holmquist, 36 F.3d 154, 158 (1st Cir. 1994), cert. denied, 115 S. Ct. 1797 (1995); United States v. Gifford, 17 F.3d 462, 472 (1st Cir. 1994).