Hamilton v. Lanning, No. 08-998.
| Decision Date | 07 June 2010 |
| Docket Number | No. 08-998. |
| Parties | Jan HAMILTON, Chapter 13 Trustee, Petitioner, v. Stephanie Kay LANNING. |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
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Jan Hamilton, Topeka, KS, for petitioner.
Thomas C. Goldstein, Washington, DC, for respondent.
Sarah Harrington for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondent.
Jan Hamilton, Trustee, Counsel of Record, Teresa L. Rhodd, Staff Attorney, Chapter 13 Trustee's Office, Topeka, KS, for petitioner.
Amy Howe, Kevin K. Russell, Howe & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD, G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Collin O'Connor Udell, Matthew J. Delude, Dechert LLP, Hartford, CT, Thomas C. Goldstein, Counsel of Record, Patricia A. Millett, Peter J. Gurfein, Robert K. Ozols, Brian M. Rothschild, Daniel J. Harris, Russell L. Wininger, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC, for respondent.
Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code provides bankruptcy protection to "individual[s] with regular income" whose debts fall within statutory limits. 11 U.S.C.
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