Branigan v. Bateman

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• concluding no narrow exceptions to plain meaning existed and statute should be applied as written
• acknowledging that Supreme Court dicta “should have considerable persuasive value in the inferior courts” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• concluding that reading the nearly identical language of § 1328(f)(2
• stating that in 1 Further references to the Bankruptcy Code will be by section number only. analyzing § 1325(a)(7
• finding that a debtor who was ineligible for discharge had nevertheless filed his Chapter 13 petition in good faith where his plan proposed to fully pay all allowed claims
• “The availability of a discharge is only one factor relevant in considering whether a plan was proposed in bad faith, and that factor standing alone is insufficient to support a finding of bad faith.”

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