Legal Opinion
Love v. Scott (In Re Love)
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided January 12, 2011No. Bankruptcy No. 08-04970. Adversary No. 09-00446PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
KEITH M. LUNDIN, Bankruptcy Judge.
The issue is whether costs assessed by the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility during attorney disciplinary proceedings are a nondischargeable fine or penalty under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(7). The assessment of costs was compensation for actual pecuniary loss and was discharged in debtor’s Chapter 7 case. The following are findings of fact and conclusions of law. Fed. R. Bankr.P. 7052.
Facts
Debtor filed Chapter 7 on June 12, 2008 and received a discharge on October 17, 2008. Among the scheduled creditors was Defendant, Tennessee Board of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Kelly v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Petition of BursonTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
- Doe v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2003
- In Re: Timothy L. Taggart, Debtor. The State Bar of California v. Timothy L. TaggartCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Randolph Hughes v. Neil Sanders, IICourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by8 opinions
- The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania v. Allen L. FeingoldCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
- Lufkin v. Board of Professional ResponsibilityTennessee Supreme Court · 2011
- Virginia ex rel. Virginia State Bar v. Young (In re Young)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia · 2017
- Netzer v. Office of Lawyer Regulation (In re Netzer)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2016
- Basquin v. Stasson (In re Stasson)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 2012
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