Legal Opinion
Husky International Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 16, 2016No. 15-145PublishedCited by 443 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sotomayor
The Bankruptcy Code prohibits debtors from discharging debts “obtained by ... false pretenses, a false representation, or actual fraud.” 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A). The Fifth Circuit held that a debt is “obtained by ... actual fraud” only if the debtor’s fraud involves a false representa-, tion to a creditor. That ruling deepened an existing split among the Circuits over whether “actual fraud” requires a false representation or whether it encompasses other traditional forms of fraud that can be accomplished without a false representation, such as a fraudulent conveyance of property made to…
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3Cited by443 opinions
- Stephen Thompson v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of OklahomaBankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit · 2016
- Humberto Saenz, Jr. v. Jose GomezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2018
- Husky International Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz (In Re Ritz)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2016
- Bufkin v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2025
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