A Brief History of Student Loan Treatment in Bankruptcy Cases

In re Freeman, 5 B.R. 24, 25 (Bankr. D. Minn. 1980); Girardier v. Webster Coll., 563 F.2d 1267, 1271 (8th Cir. 1977); Lee v. Bd. of Higher Ed. in City of New York, 1 B.R. 781, 787 (S.D.N.Y. 1979); In re Bell, 633 B.R. 164, 172-73, 2021 WL 3919830 (Bankr. W.D. Va. 2021); In re Segal, 57 F.3d 342, 346-47 (3d Cir. 1995); In re Sharp, 415 B.R. 803, 809 (Bankr. D. Colo. 2009); In re Long, 322 F.3d 549, 553 (8th Cir. 2003); In re Bronsdon, 435 B.R. 791, 800 (B.A.P. 1st Cir. 2010); In re Bryant, 2021 WL 4203606, at *4 (Bankr. D.D.C. 2021).