debt-discharge
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-651 | Stanley Kappell Watson v. Shenekka Bradsher, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-12-04 | Pending | Response Requested | bankruptcy-code debt-discharge intentional-tort legal-injury subjective-intent willful-injury | The Bankruptcy Code excepts from discharge any debt "for willful and malicious injury by the debtor to another entity or to the property of another … |
| 22-631 | Highland Capital Management, L.P. v. NexPoint Advisors, L.P., et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2023-01-09 | Denied | CVSGResponse RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) | bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court chapter-11 circuit-split debt-discharge discharge reorganization-plan statutory-interpretation third-party-liability third-party-releases | Section 524(e) of the Bankruptcy Code states that the "discharge of a debt of the debtor does not affect the liability of any other entity on, or the … |
| 21-1430 | James K. Collins v. Michell R. Zolnier, dba CKC Properties, Top Star Leases | Fifth Circuit | 2022-05-10 | Denied | actual-fraud bankruptcy bankruptcy-code creditor creditor-rights debt-discharge discharge fraud fraudulent-transfer section-523 | The "actual fraud" bar to discharge under Section 523(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code applies when transfers made by the debtor were deliberately made… | |
| 20-481 | GE Capital Retail Bank v. Nyree Belton | Second Circuit | 2020-10-14 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | bankruptcy-code debt-discharge federal-arbitration-act implied-repeal legal-procedure lower-court-confusion precedent statutory-discharge statutory-interpretation | Whether provisions of the Bankruptcy Code providing for a statutorily enforceable discharge of a debtor's debts impliedly repeal the Federal Arbitrati… |
| 18-9221 | Barrington M. Hamilton, aka Jaame Amun Re El v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-05-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law civil-procedure civil-rights creditor-claims debt-discharge due-process government-administration government-liability legal-procedure property-rights statutory-interpretation | operation? Ans. No. The languagefound in Title 11 UScs$5a caxa) says "(a) A discharge in a case under this title [11 uscss 1o1 et seq.I (a) operates a… |
| 18-1130 | David W. Charron v. Glenn S. Morris, et al. | Sixth Circuit | 2019-02-28 | Denied | Response Waived | 11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions debt-discharge discharge discharge-of-debts due-process intent non-dischargeable non-dischargeable-debt non-dischargeable-debts statutory-interpretation | Whether contempt sanctions are per se non-dischargeable debts under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(6)? |