United States Eighth Circuit

In a bankruptcy action seeking an undue hardship discharge of substantial student loan debts, district court judgment is reversed where defendant is not entitled to an undue hardship discharge under 11 U.S.C. sec. 523(a)(8), as defendant is a recent law school graduate who is reasonably likely to be able to make significant debt repayments in the foreseeable future and qualified for the Department of Education's twenty-five year Income Contingent Repayment Plan.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/08/2009
• Published 07/08/2009

Judges

• LOKEN, Chief Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BYE and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• A.L. Brown, argued, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Monica Lynn Clark, argued, Douglas Paul, on the brief, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.