U.S. Supreme Court,
Bankruptcy
Jun. 7, 2019
High court rejects 9th on bankruptcy discharge injunctions
On June 3, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion announcing the criteria for determining when a court may hold a creditor in civil contempt for violating a bankruptcy discharge order.
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On June 3, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Taggart v. Lorenzen, 2019 DJDAR 4745, announcing the criteria for determining when a court may hold a creditor in civil contempt for violating a bankruptcy discharge order. The court rejected both a standard akin to strict liability applied by the bankruptcy court and a purely subjective standard used by the 9th U...
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