brunner-test

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-5290 Gordon Nitka v. Department of Education Tenth Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-law brunner-test default loan-default repayment-period rosenberg speculative-income student-loan-discharge student-loans undue-hardship In analyzing the second prong of the Brunner test to determine 'undue hardship,' how should courts weigh speculation on the borrower's future income p…
20-886 Thelma G. McCoy v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Amici (3) bankruptcy bankruptcy-code brunner-test circuit-split student-loan-debt student-loans totality-of-circumstances totality-test undue-hardship Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in applying the Brunner test instead of the totality test to determine whether a debtor would suffer an 'undue hardshi…