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The Objective Standard For Holding A Creditor In Civil Contempt For Violating A Discharge Order, Alexander Cirkovic Koban
The Objective Standard For Holding A Creditor In Civil Contempt For Violating A Discharge Order, Alexander Cirkovic Koban
Bankruptcy Research Library
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An individual debtor is generally entitled to a discharge at the conclusion of a bankruptcy case. A discharge is a legal injunction that both releases the debtor from liability for most pre-bankruptcy debts and bars creditors from collecting any debt that has been discharged. A creditor that violates the discharge may be held in contempt and subject to sanctions by a court.
In Taggart v. Lorenzen, the Supreme Court set the standard for when to impose civil contempt, holding that “a court may hold a creditor in civil contempt for violating a discharge order if there is no …