Johnson v. Rutherford Hospital (In Re Johnson)

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• holding section 524(a)(2) precludes setoff of a discharged debt against a post-petition judgment in favor of debtor, as opposed to bankruptcy estate
• prepetition creditor may not offset a claim against the debtor that has been discharged against a postpetition liability to the debtor
• setoff after discharge may violate the discharge injunction and so be civil contempt

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