Legal Opinion

Buford v. Higher Education Assistance Foundation

District Court, D. Kansas

Decided April 15, 1988No. Civ. A. 87-2329-SPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SAFFELS, District Judge.

This appeal from the bankruptcy court involves application of a statute exempting government-guaranteed higher education loans from discharge. In a nutshell, the Higher Education Assistance Foundation (HEAF) contends that 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8), which exempts such loans from discharge, is self-executing and requires no complaint to determine dischargeability as a prerequisite to initiating collection efforts. The Kansas Attorney General’s Office has filed an amicus curiae brief in support of this position, its interest arising from representation of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

Washington v. Virginia State Education Assistance Authority (In Re Washington)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1984
Connecticut Student Loan Foundation v. Keenan (In Re Keenan)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut · 1985
North Dakota State Board of Higher Education v. Frech (In Re Frech)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1986
Bawden v. First Southern Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n (In Re Bawden)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Alabama · 1985
Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Wright (In Re Wright)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · 1980

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3Cited by12 opinions

United States v. Randall K. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
Andersen v. UNIPAC-NEBHELP (In Re Andersen)Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
California State University, Fresno v. Gustafson (In Re Gustafson)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
Wetzel v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp. (In Re Wetzel)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · 1996
Odom v. Columbia UniversityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1995

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