Legal Opinion
William Lona White, Shirley Jean White v. Kentuckiana Livestock Market, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 9, 2005No. 03-6579PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
The Bankruptcy Code prohibits private employers from discharging bankrupt employees “solely” because of the employees’ having invoked the protection of the bankruptcy laws. See 11 U.S.C. § 525(b).
The appellants in the case at bar, a husband and wife, filed a joint bankruptcy petition under Chapter 7. Three days after notice of the bankruptcy was published in the local newspaper, the couple’s mutual employer fired them. At a bench trial in the ensuing adversary proceeding, the bankruptcy court determined that one factor in the employer’s decision — a…
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