Legal Opinion
Stinson v. Bb & T Investment Services, Inc. (In Re Stinson)
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided April 26, 2002No. 19-60470PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
ROSS W. KRUMM, Bankruptcy Judge.
At Roanoke in said District this 26th day of April, 2002:
The issue before the court is whether 11 U.S.C. § 525(b)(1) prohibits discriminatory hiring by private entities. The complaining party alleges that a bank withheld an offer of employment solely because he had been a debtor under Title 11 of the United States Code. Moving to dismiss for failure to state a claim, 1 the bank contends that discriminatory hiring is not an event proscribed by 11 U.S.C. § 525(b). The court heard the parties in oral argument and considered the pleadings and…
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