Legal Opinion

Maas v. Northstar Education Finance, Inc. (In re Maas)

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Michigan

Decided July 8, 2013No. Bankruptcy No. GL 09-11416; Adversary No. 12-80384PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION REGARDING NONDIS-CHARGEABLE DEBT ADVERSARY PROCEEDING

JAMES D. GREGG, Chief Judge.

I.INTRODUCTION.

In this adversary proceeding, Nathan C. Maas (the “Debtor”) seeks a determination that four loans he received while enrolled at Thomas M. Cooley Law School are not educational benefit loans under § 523(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code,1 and that the resulting debts alleged by the lender, Northstar Education Finance, Inc (the “Defendant” or “Northstar”) are dis-chargeable in his chapter 7 case.2 For the reasons that follow, the court concludes that the debts to Northstar are not dis-chargeable.

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Stern v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  5. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. EnglerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Benson v. Corbin (In re Corbin)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Washington · 2014
  2. Institute of Imaginal Studies v. Christoff (In Re Christoff)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
  3. Jean-Baptiste v. Educ. Credit Mgmt. Corp. (In re Jean-Baptiste)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 2018
  4. Brown v. Rust (In re Rust)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2014
  5. Brown v. CitiBank, N.A. (In re Brown)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. California · 2016

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