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IN RE COPELAND

No. 12-4018.

742 F.3d 811 (2014)

In re Shawn C. COPELAND; Lauren MK Copeland, Debtors. Shawn C. Copeland; Lauren MK Copeland, Appellants v. Richard V. Fink, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 31, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Turner , argued, Overland Park, KS, for Appellant.

Dana Michelle Estes , argued, Richard V. Fink and Mindy D. Smith , on the brief, Kansas City, MO, for Appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, SMITH, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

In 2011, Shawn Copeland and Lauren MK Copeland, ("the Copelands") filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy relief. They proposed, and the bankruptcy court rejected, a plan to pay nondischargeable state and federal tax debts before other unsecured creditors. If put in effect, the plan would, in essence, completely pay the Copelands' tax creditors, leaving all other unsecured creditors with little or nothing.

The Copelands argue that the plan did...

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