On Thursday, the 7th U.S. Court of Appeals held the same, ruling that the “plain wording of the Illinois personal property exemption statute” allows the exemption for Robinson. The court said that “it seems clear” that the Legislature did not intend to set a dollar value limitation on a religious text.

Although it is clear that the exemption applies to only one bible, the three-judge panel said, they did not agree with the trustee that it should “limit Ms. Robinson to one Book of Mormon of negligible monetary value.”

Patrick McCann, one of Robinson’s lawyers, said that he and Robinson were “happy” with the decision.

McCann said that the trustee had the book, but he expected it would soon be returned to Robinson, who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She has no plans to sell it.

“She could have sold it a hundred times,” McCann said.

McCann said that he had the book in his office at one point but never took a picture.

“It’s just a simple little (book) you wouldn’t think it was worth a dollar,” he said. “I guess what makes it valuable is Joseph Smith himself handed these books out.”