Legal Opinion
Walker v. Sallie Mae Servicing Corp. (In Re Walker)
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 18, 2011No. 10-2032PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
The Educational Credit Management Corporation (ECMC) appeals from the judgment of the bankruptcy court, later affirmed by the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP), which discharged the student loan debt of Michele D. Walker (Walker) under the “undue hardship” provision of 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8). We affirm.
I
We summarize the relevant facts as outlined in Walker v. Education Credit Management Corp., 427 B.R. 471 (8th Cir. B.A.P.2010). Walker accumulated student loan debt to fund her undergraduate education at the University of Illinois, from which she graduated in 1989. She…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In Re: Nanci Anne Long Debtor. Nanci Anne Long v. Educational Credit Management CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
- Educational Credit Management Corp. v. JespersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
- In Re: Paul F. Bender Lee E.J. Bender, Debtors. Lee E.J. Bender v. Educational Credit Management CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
- Cumberworth v. United States Department of Education (In Re Cumberworth)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
- Walker v. Sallie Mae Servicing Corp. (In Re Walker)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Tuttle v. Educ. Credit Mgmt. Corp. (In re Tuttle)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2019
- Conway v. National Collegiate Trust (In Re Conway)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
- Hurst v. Southern Arkansas University (In re Hurst)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
- Kemp v. U.S. Dep't of Educ. (In re Kemp)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2018
- Nielsen v. ACS, Inc. (In re Nielsen)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
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