April 7, 2000
Supreme Court Declines Appeal of Decision That Denied University Immunity
The U.S. Supreme Court last week refused to consider an appeal by Kansas State University in which the institution sought immunity from a former student's attempt to be relieved of his college-loan debt in federal bankruptcy court.
The court's ruling allows bankruptcy cases to remain under federal-court jurisdiction, rather than possibly opening them up to state-court scrutiny as well, said Brenda J. Bell, the lawyer for the former student, Mark
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