Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Sallie Mae, Inc. (In re Johnson)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Kansas
Decided December 4, 2017No. Case No. 11-23108; Adv. No. 11-6250PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum Opinion and Order Denying Discharge . of Debtors’ Student Loan Debt under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8)
Robert D, Berger, United States Bankruptcy Judge
The Court is intimately familiar with the minute details of Debtors George Johnson and Melanie Raney-Johnson’s financial life, as it has now conducted two trials on whether Debtors’ sizeable student loan debt is eligible for discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8)1 as an undue hardship.. After the first trial, the Court discharged Debtors’ student loan debt based on findings that Debtors were not then able to maintain a minimal standard of…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Marie Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Educational Credit Management Corp. v. PolleysCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
- Dudley B. Merkel Ladonna K. Merkel David A. Hepburn, and Nancy J. Hepburn v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Educational Credit Management Corp. v. JespersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
- In Re Lorna Kaye Nys, Debtor, Educational Credit Management Corporation v. Lorna Kaye NysCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Regan v. U.S. Dep't of Educ. (In re Regan)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Mexico · 2018