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IN RE NORTON

No. 88-5309.

867 F.2d 313 (1989)

In re Kenny NORTON, et al., Debtors. Kenny NORTON, Deborah L. Meece, Helen Reynolds, Thomas L. Hargrove, Dale Lavinia Davidson, David L. Adams, and Patricia A. Lewis, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Bloom argued, Rothschild & Lefkovitz, Nashville, Tenn., for Kenny Norton, et al.

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen., Raymond S. Leathers, William E. Young argued, Asst. Attys. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

Before WELLFORD and BOGGS, Circuit Judges; and SIMPSON, District Judge.

WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the interesting question whether a provision of the Tennessee Financial Responsibility Act (TFRA) violates the anti-discrimination requirements of the Bankruptcy Code. The bankruptcy and district courts held that Tenn.Code Ann. § 55-12-106 discriminates against debtors in bankruptcy in violation of 11 U.S.C. § 525(a) because they determined that the statute's effect was...

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