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WHITE v. KENTUCKIANA LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC.

No. 03-6579.

397 F.3d 420 (2005)

William Lona WHITE, Shirley Jean White, Appellants, v. KENTUCKIANA LIVESTOCK MARKET, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 9, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeanie Owen Miller, Jeanie Owen Miller Law Office, Owensboro, Kentucky, for Appellants. Brian L. Haynes, Meyer, Haynes, Crone & Meyer, Owensboro, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Jeanie Owen Miller, Jeanie Owen Miller Law Office, Owensboro, Kentucky, Russell L. Wilkey, Wilkey & Lewis, Owensboro, Kentucky, for Appellants. Brian L. Haynes, John D. Meyer, Meyer, Haynes, Crone & Meyer, Owensboro, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: DAVID A. NELSON and COOK, Circuit Judges; WEBER, District Judge.

OPINION

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

The Bankruptcy Code prohibits private employers from discharging bankrupt employees "solely" because of the employees' having invoked the protection of the bankruptcy laws. See 11 U.S.C. § 525(b).

The appellants in the case at bar, a husband and wife, filed a joint bankruptcy petition under Chapter 7. Three days after notice of the bankruptcy was published in the local newspaper, the couple's mutual employer...

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