United States Fourth Circuit

Where a debtor failed to initiate an adversary proceeding to establish undue hardship to discharge student loan debt, creditor did not receive notice of intent to discharge post-petition interest, thus a plan purporting to discharge the interest is not given preclusive effect.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/05/2002
• Decided 08/05/2002
• Published 08/05/2002

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, MOTZ, Circuit Judge, and BALDOCK, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Mark Bennett Peterson, Ogle & Peterson, P.C., Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant.  Steven Leftridge Thomas, Kay, Casto & Chaney, P.L.L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellees.  Frank A. Rosenfeld, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.   ON BRIEF:  Jeffrey A. Streiffer, Educational Credit Management Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota, for Appellees.  Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, John L. Brownlee, United States Attorney, William Kanter, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.