In Re: Timothy L. Taggart, Debtor. The State Bar of California v. Timothy L. Taggart

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• concluding that costs imposed in attorney disciplinary proceeding were not a \penalty\ for purposes of discharge provision because they were \mandatory\ rather than \discretionary\
• determining that monetary sanction imposed under California's statute for discretionary imposition of costs, in State Bar disciplinary proceedings, was dischargeable compensatory reimbursement for actual expenses of the state
• determining that monetary sanction imposed under California’s statute for discretionary imposition of costs, in State Bar disciplinary proceedings, was dischargea-ble compensatory reimbursement for actual expenses of the state
• \The Supreme Court has held that '§ 523(a)(7) preserves from discharge any condition a state criminal court imposes as part of a criminal sentence.'\
• “The Supreme Court has held that '§ 523(a)(7) preserves from discharge any condition a state criminal court imposes as part of a criminal sentence.’ ”
• similarly framing the inquiry as whether the petitioner’s “debt is compensation for the State Bar’s expenses rather than a fine or penalty”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).