Legal Opinion
Bronsdon v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In Re Bronsdon)
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit
Decided September 21, 2010No. BAP No. MB 10-009. Bankruptcy No. 07-14215-FJB. Adversary Proceeding No. 08-01062-MSHPublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAMOUTTE, Bankruptcy Judge.
This appeal arises out of an adversary proceeding filed by Denise Bronsdon (the “Debtor”) seeking to discharge her student loan obligations to Educational Credit Management Corporation (“ECMC”) on the grounds of undue hardship pursuant to § 523(a)(8).1 The bankruptcy court initially concluded that repayment of the student loans would impose an undue hardship on the Debtor and discharged the loans.2 On appeal, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (the “district court”) vacated the bankruptcy court’s decision and remanded the matter to the…
2Cases cited50 opinions
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- Marie Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Roundtree-Crawley v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In Re Crawley)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2011
- Abney v. United States Department of Education (In re Abney)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 2015
- Ayele v. Educational Credit Management Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2012
- Chenault v. Great Lakes Higher Educ. Corp. (In re Chenault)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 2018
- Schatz v. Access Grp., Inc. (In re Schatz)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2019
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