willful-injury

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
25-651	Stanley Kappell Watson v. Shenekka Bradsher, et al.	Eleventh Circuit	2025-12-04	Pending	Response Requested	bankruptcy-code debt-discharge intentional-tort legal-injury subjective-intent willful-injury	The Bankruptcy Code excepts from discharge any debt "for willful and malicious injury by the debtor to another entity or to the property of another …
20-457	MarketGraphics Research Group, Inc. v. David Peter Berge	Sixth Circuit	2020-10-08	Denied	Amici (1)	bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge circuit-split debtor-liability discharge intent-standard objective-certainty statutory-interpretation subjective-intent willful-and-malicious-injury willful-injury	Whether the 'willful and malicious injury' exception applies only where a debtor has a subjective intent to injure or may also be satisfied by conduct…
19-293	TKC Aerospace Inc. v. Charles Taylor Muhs	Fourth Circuit	2019-09-04	Denied	Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)	actual-intent bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge circuit-split intent-requirement malicious-injury objective-certainty objective-standard substantial-certainty willful-and-malicious-injury willful-injury	Whether a debtor's conduct qualifies as causing a 'willful and malicious' injury under Section 523(a)(6)