Norton v. Tennessee Department of Safety (In re Norton)

WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the interesting question whether a provision of the Tennessee *192Financial Responsibility Act (TFRA) violates the anti-discrimination requirements of the Bankruptcy Code. The bankruptcy and district courts held that TenmCode Ann. § 55-12-106 discriminates against debtors in bankruptcy in violation of 11 U.S.C. § 525(a) because they determined that the statute’s effect was to require only bankruptcy debtors to pay $65.00 in order to avoid driver’s license revocation in Tennessee following an accident in which the driver at fault failed to demonstrate…