PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE ET AL.
v.
DAVENPORT ET UX.
Supreme Court of United States.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 20, 1990
Decided May 29, 1990
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Walter W. Cohen, First Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Attorney General, John G. Knorr III, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Calvin R. Koons, Senior Deputy Attorney General, and Mary Benefield Seiverling, Deputy Attorney General.
David A. Searles argued the cause for respondents. With him on the briefs were Eric L. Frank and Henry J. Sommer.*
Supreme Court of United States.
JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.
In Kelly v. Robinson,479 U.S. 36, 50 (1986), this Court held that restitution obligations imposed as conditions of probation in state criminal actions are nondischargeable in proceedings under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U. S. C. § 701 et seq. The Court rested its holding on its interpretation of the Code...
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