DISCH v. RASMUSSEN

No. 03-3363.

417 F.3d 769 (2005)

Robert E. DISCH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Faye F. RASMUSSEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 9, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Giesen (argued), Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael E. Kepler (argued), Kepler & Peyton, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before RIPPLE, WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

While many observers have touted Congress's recent amendments to the Bankruptcy Code as a major overhaul of the law in this area, the changes leave intact one primary purpose of the Code: to provide only honest debtors with relief. Under that standard, Faye Rasmussen should not have received a discharge of her debts, but the bankruptcy court initially ordered one. Later, the court revoked the discharge on grounds that Rasmussen contests. We hold...

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