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HUSKY INTERN. ELECTRONICS, INC. v. RITZ

No. 15-145.

136 S.Ct. 1581 (2016)

HUSKY INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS, INC., petitioner v. Daniel Lee RITZ, Jr.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shay Dvoretzky , Washington, DC, for petitioner.

Sarah E. Harrington , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner.

Erin E. Murphy , Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Jeffrey L. Dorrell , Hanszen Laporte , Houston, TX, Shay Dvoretzky , Christopher DiPompeo , Anthony J. Dick , Emily J. Kennedy , Jones Day, Washington, DC, for petitioner.

William D. Weber , Weber Law Firm, P.C., Houston, TX, Erin E. Murphy , Stephen V. Potenza , Andrew N. Ferguson, Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC, for respondent.

The Bankruptcy Code prohibits debtors from discharging debts "obtained by ... false pretenses, a false representation, or actual fraud." 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A). The Fifth Circuit held that a debt is "obtained by ... actual fraud" only if the debtor's fraud involves a false representation...

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