December 1, 2009
Justices Question Legal and Practical Issues in Case Involving Student Debt in Bankruptcy
Washington
Lawyers representing a student-loan guarantor and the federal government came under hard questioning Tuesday from U.S. Supreme Court justices in a case that centers on discharging student debt in bankruptcy.
In the case, the guarantor, United Student Aid Funds Inc., is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. That court upheld a bankruptcy judge's ruling that the borrower in the case, Francisco J. Espinosa, could dismiss a
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