brunner-test
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-5290 | Gordon Nitka v. Department of Education | Tenth Circuit | 2021-08-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bankruptcy-law brunner-test default loan-default repayment-period rosenberg speculative-income student-loan-discharge student-loans undue-hardship | analyzing the second prong of the Brunner test to determine "undue hardship," how should courts weigh speculation on the borrower's future income pote… |
| 20-886 | Thelma G. McCoy v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-01-04 | Denied | Amici (3) | bankruptcy bankruptcy-code brunner-test circuit-split student-loan-debt student-loans totality-of-circumstances totality-test undue-hardship | The Bankruptcy Code permits courts to discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy if a debtor can show that repaying it would cause her "undue hardship.… |