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By Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee for the Middle District of Tennessee (Nashville)

Chapter 7 debtor may successfully discharge student loan obligations by satisfying the basic holding of Brunner v. N.Y. State Higher Education Servs. Corp. rather than satisfying the judicial gloss added by subsequent decisions. Rosenberg v. N.Y. State Higher Education Servs. Corp., 2020 WL 130302 (Jan. 7, 2020) (Morris)

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Kevin Rosenberg obtained an undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona largely funded through student loans. After spending five years in the United States Navy, Mr . . .

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