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IN RE BRIGHTFUL

No. 00-1250.

267 F.3d 324 (2001)

In re: Patricia A. BRIGHTFUL. Patricia A. BRIGHTFUL, v. PENNSYLVANIA HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AGENCY; Sallie Mae Trust; First Union Bank Christine Shubert, Esq., Chapter 7 Trustee; Frederick Baker, Esq., U.S. Trustee, Trustees Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency ("PHEAA"), Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed October 3, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason L. Swartley, Byron F. Walker [Argued], Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, Harrisburg, PA, Counsel for Appellant Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency.

Henry J. Sommer [Argued], Miller, Frank & Miller, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellee Patricia A. Brightful.

Before ALITO, RENDELL and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

RENDELL, Circuit Judge.

The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency ("PHEAA") appeals the District Court's affirmance of the Bankruptcy Court's decision to discharge Patricia Brightful's student loan obligations. The issue presented by this appeal is whether Brightful's student loans burden her with an "undue hardship" that would render them dischargeable pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §...

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