HARRIS v. VIEGELAHN

No. 14-400.

135 S.Ct. 1829 (2015)

Charles E. HARRIS, III, Petitioner v. Mary K. VIEGELAHN, Chapter 13 Trustee.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew M. Madden , Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.

Craig Goldblatt , Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

J. Todd Malaise , Steven G. Cennamo , Malaise Law Firm, San Antonio, TX, Mark T. Stancil , Counsel of Record, Alan E. Untereiner , Matthew M. Madden , Eric A. White , Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.

Mary Kathryn Viegelahn , Vanessa DeLeon Guerrero , Office of Mary K. Viegelahn , Standing Chapter 13 Trustee, San Antonio, TX, Craig Goldblatt , Counsel of Record, Danielle Spinelli , Kelly P. Dunbar , Isley M. Gostin , Jonathan M. Seymour , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

GINSBURG, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.


This case concerns the disposition of wages earned by a debtor after he petitions for bankruptcy. The treatment of postpetition wages generally depends on whether the debtor is proceeding under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code (in which the debtor retains assets, often his home, during...

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