January 31, 2022
The opinion by Judge Silverstein contains numerous sound bites for judges and debtors aiming to discharge student loans owed by individuals living in desperate circumstances.
3rd Circuit, Delaware
December 14, 2021
Interpreting the hanging paragraph in Section 523(a), the Ninth Circuit sticks to the Beard test in deciding whether something is close enough to a tax return to justify discharging a tax debt.
9th Circuit
December 03, 2021
Deducting a discharged loan to a child from her inheritance didn’t violate the discharge injunction.
9th Circuit
November 16, 2021
Circuits are split 2/1 on whether a debtor must have committed a securities law violation before a judgment is made nondischargeable under Section 523(a)(19).
8th Circuit, Minnesota
October 22, 2021
Maryland district judge predicts that the Fourth Circuit would adopt a debtor-friendly rule more broadly discharging environmental claims when the acts occurred before chapter 11.
4th Circuit
October 20, 2021
Retired Judge Kressel wrote the opinion in 2000 relied on by the Eighth Circuit.
8th Circuit
October 19, 2021
Debtor accepted a bar to refiling to avoid dismissal with prejudice of her chapter 13 case.
4th Circuit, South Carolina
