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Capped Landlord Claim Can Also Be Nondischargeable, Eighth Circuit Says

Retired Judge Kressel wrote the opinion in 2000 relied on by the Eighth Circuit.
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Student Loans Were Discharged Only with Assistance from Pro Bono Counsel

A debtor with negative disposable income was forced to go through two trials and three appeals to discharge student loans.

On Student Loan Discharge, District Judge Requires Responses to Unasserted Defenses

New York district judge requires a student loan debtor to prove the reasonableness of living expenses when the lender never objected.

Civil Penalties for Defrauding Consumers Weren’t Discharged Under Section 1141(d)(6)(A)

Reversing the bankruptcy court, a district judge in New York held that a civil penalty wasn’t discharged even though the fraud wasn’t committed against the government.

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