Legal Opinion
Rice, Heitman & Davis, S.C. v. Sasse (In Re Sasse)
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided August 13, 2010No. 3-16-10258PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION, FINDINGS OF FACT, AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
THOMAS S. UTSCHIG, Bankruptcy Judge.
As a social concept, the notion of bankruptcy has existed in some form for hundreds of years. 1 The essential importance of the discharge — providing the “honest but unfortunate” debtor with a fresh start unfettered from the burden of debt — -is largely an American construct, and the United States has often been regarded as offering the most “liberal” discharge laws in the world. 2 More recently, of course, the steady rise in bankruptcy filings has been cited as evidence that the “stigma” of…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Pierce v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Field v. MansSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Kontrick v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Francine Klingman v. Melvin E. LevinsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- In Re AdolphUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 2011
- Winston-Salem City Employees' Federal Credit Union v. Casper (In Re Casper)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2012
- Hebl v. WindeshausenDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2018
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