IN RE APPLING

No. 16-11911.

848 F.3d 953 (2017)

IN RE: R. Scott APPLING, Debtor. R. Scott Appling, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Whitfield Hughes , Michael B. Kimberly , Jonathan Weinberg , Mayer Brown, LLP, Washington, DC, Daniel L. Wilder , Law Offices of Emmett L. Goodman, Jr. LLC, Macon, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David William Davenport , Robert C. Lamar , Lamar Archer & Cofrin, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges, and MARTINEZ, District Judge.


This appeal presents a question that has divided the federal courts: Can a statement about a single asset be a "statement respecting the debtor's ... financial condition"? 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2). Ordinarily, a debtor cannot discharge any debt incurred by fraud, id. § 523(a)(2)(A), but a debtor can discharge...

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