Legal Opinion

Hurst v. Southern Arkansas University (In re Hurst)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 19, 2016No. 15-6031PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FEDERMAN, Chief Judge.

Debtor Mary A. Hurst appeals from the Bankruptcy Court’s1 order denying her request to discharge her student loan for undue hardship pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

The Debtor obtained a $4,000 federal Perkins student loan while attending Southern Arkansas University, majoring in education, for .the 1994-1995 academic year. At the end of that school year, she traveled to Texas for a summer job and broke her ankle which, she testified, made it impossible for her to return to SAU for the following semester. She…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. In Re: Nanci Anne Long Debtor. Nanci Anne Long v. Educational Credit Management CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
  2. Educational Credit Management Corp. v. JespersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  3. Kaler v. Charles (In re Charles)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2012
  4. United States v. KephartDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1994
  5. Nielsen v. Acs, Inc. (In re Nielsen)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2012

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Piccinino v. U.S. Department of Education (In re Piccinino)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2017
  2. Chance v. United States (In re Chance)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Indiana · 2019
  3. Martin v. U.S. Department of Education (In re Young)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Arkansas · 2016
  4. Amy Piccinino v. U.S. Dept. of EducationUnited States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2017
  5. Haugen v. State of North Dakota dba Bank of North Dakota byUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. North Dakota · 2022

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