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Walker v. Sallie Mae Servicing Corp. (In Re Walker)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 9, 2010No. 09-6022PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FEDERMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.

Educational Credit Management Corporation appeals from the Order of the Bankruptcy Court 1 finding Debtor Michele D. Walker’s student loans to be dischargeable as an undue hardship pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8). For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM.

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Debtor Michele D. Walker filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 2, 2004, and received her discharge on July 12, 2004. Three years later, on August 15, 2007, she filed an adversary proceeding seeking to discharge $300,000 in student loan debt as an undue hardship under § 523(a)(8) of…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. EspinosaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  2. Marie Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
  3. Travelers Indemnity Co. v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  4. Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  5. In the Matter of Jerry L. Roberson, Debtor. Appeal of Illinois Student Assistance CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Bronsdon v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In Re Bronsdon)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2010
  2. Roundtree-Crawley v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In Re Crawley)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2011
  3. Walker v. Sallie Mae Servicing Corp. (In Re Walker)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
  4. In Re SmythBankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit · 2012
  5. Suzan M. Collins v. Richard W. CollinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2016

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