Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Bennett
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 15, 1988No. 87-5273PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
This appeal challenges the authority of the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to collect defaulted federally guaranteed student loans through offset against borrowers’ federal income tax refunds after the statute of limitations on judicial enforcement of the obligation has run. The district court1 determined that such action is permitted under the pertinent federal statutes and granted summary judgment in favor of the Secretary. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
In 1976, appellant Deborah Thomas received a federally guaranteed student loan in the amount of $825.00 to attend…
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