Legal Opinion
In Re Coonce
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided September 25, 1997No. 19-30061PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KENNETH J. MEYERS, Bankruptcy Judge.
At issue in this case is whether the debtors’ Chapter 13 plan which separately classifies student loan obligations as long-term indebtedness under § 1322(b)(5) “unfairly discriminates” against other unsecured claims in violation of § 1322(b)(1). Debtors Melvin and Pam Coonee have proposed a Chapter 13 plan which classifies their educational loan debts separately from other unsecured, nonpriority debts and provides for greater payment on these obligations than on the other unsecured debts. 1 The debtors maintain that this separate classification and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gary D. Hanson, Sandra Kay Hanson v. First Bank of South Dakota, N.A.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- McCullough v. Brown (In Re Brown)District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1993
- McDonald v. Sperna (In Re Sperna)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- In Re StorbergUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1988
- In Re ChapmanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1992
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3Cited by16 opinions
- In Re SimmonsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · 2003
- In Re WilliamsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Tennessee · 2000
- In Re ThibodeauUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2000
- In Re JanssenUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa · 1998
- In Re HardingUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · 2010
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