Legal Opinion
Woody v. United States Department of Justice (In Re Woody)
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 24, 2007No. 06-3294PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
The United States Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) appeals a judgment of the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Tenth Circuit (“BAP”) affirming the District of Kansas Bankruptcy Court’s discharge of Larry Lee Woody’s Health Education and Assistance Loan (“HEAL loan”) debt. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 292f(g), HEAL loan debt may be discharged only if nondischarge of the debt would be “unconscionable.”
The DOJ argues that the bankruptcy court erred in concluding that it would be unconscionable to deny Mr. Woody a discharge of his HEAL loan debt. We agree. Under the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Marie Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Walters v. Metropolitan Educational Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
- United States v. Randall K. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Educational Credit Management Corp. v. PolleysCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
- In Re Ronald L. Rice and Deborah F. Rice, Debtors. Ronald L. Rice v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
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- In re SmithUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2018
- Clavell v. United States Department of EducationUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2020