Legal Opinion
Jon P. Goulet v. Educational Credit Management Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 27, 2002No. 01-3074PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Jon P. Goulet filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and, pursuant to an adversary proceeding, sought to discharge his government-guaranteed educational loans owed to the defendant, Educational Credit Management Corporation (“ECMC”), a not-for-profit organization that administers guaranteed student loans. After a hearing on the merits, the bankruptcy court concluded that the student loans would impose an “undue hardship” on Goulet under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8), and therefore entered an order discharging the loans. ECMC appealed to the district court, which reversed the decision of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Marie Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- In the Matter of Jerry L. Roberson, Debtor. Appeal of Illinois Student Assistance CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Dekalb County Division of Family & Children Services v. Platter (In re Platter)Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Goulet v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In Re Goulet)District Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2001
3Cited by65 opinions
- In the Matter Of: Timothy Gerard O'hearn, Debtor, Timothy Gerard O'Hearn v. Educational Credit Management CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Educational Credit Management Corp. v. JespersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
- Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency v. Birrane (In Re Birrane)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Susan Krieger v. Educational Credit ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
- Educational Credit Management Corp. v. StanleyDistrict Court, N.D. Florida · 2003
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