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

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

NEESE, Senior District Judge,

sitting by designation and assignment.

The only issue herein is whether the Bankruptcy Court of this District erred in concluding that subsection 15 of the Tennessee Financial Responsibility (the Tennessee Act), T.C.A. § 55-12-106, discriminates against bankruptcy-debtors in violation of 11 U.S.C. § 525(a). As only an issue of law is implicated in this appeal, "[i]t is appropriate for the district court to review de novo the bankruptcy court’s legal determinations.” In re Branding Iron Motel, Inc., 798 F.2d 396, 399-400[6] (10th…