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MARRAMA v. CITIZENS BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS

No. 05-996.

127 S.Ct. 1105 (2007)

549 U.S. 365

166 L.Ed.2d 956

Robert Louis MARRAMA, Petitioner, v. CITIZENS BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Baker , for petitioner.

G. Eric Brunstad, Jr. , for respondents.

Lisa S. Blatt , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondents.

Jeffrey A. Kitaeff , Jeffrey A. Kitaeff, P.C. Of Counsel, Andover, MA, David G. Baker, Esq. , Counsel of Record, Yu Jin Weng , Boston, MA, for Petitioner.

Mark G. DeGiacomo, Esq. , Counsel of Record, Olga L. Bogdanov, Esq. , Taruna Garg, Esq. , Boston, MA, for Respondent.

G. Eric Brunstad, Jr. , Counsel of Record, Rheba Rutkowski , William C. Heuer , Kate Kotsaftis Simon , Eric Heining , Bingham McCutchen LLP, Hartford, Connecticut, for Respondent Citizens Bank of Massachusetts.

The principal purpose of the Bankruptcy Code is to grant a "`fresh start'" to the "`honest but unfortunate debtor.'" Grogan v. Garner, 498 U.S. 279, 286, 287, 111 S.Ct. 654, 112 L.Ed.2d 755 (1991). Both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 of the Code permit an insolvent...

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