Supreme Court· 2/22/2023

Bartenwerfer v. Buckley

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598 U.S. 69

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holding that a debt for fraud committed by a debtor’s business partner—fraud she herself had not committed but was also liable for—was nondischargeable under § 523(a)(2)(A)
stating that Congress intended for the Bankruptcy Code to “strike[] a balance between the interests of insolvent debtors and their creditors”
equating “plain and ordinary meaning” with what “an ordinary English speaker would understand [a] sentence to mean”
“We have never used this principle to artificially narrow ordinary meaning, which is what Bartenwerfer asks us to do.”
“We start where we always do: with the text of the statute.”
“Partnerships and other businesses can also organize as limited-liability entities.”

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Judges: Amy Coney Barrett

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