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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 112 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Marie Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp. Anchor | green | “that additional circumstances exist indicating that this state of affairs is likely to persist for a significant portion of the repayment period of the student loans.” | 66 |
| 2 | Marie Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp. | green | “that she cannot maintain, based on current income and expenses, a 'minimal' standard of living for herself and her dependents if forced to repay the loans.” | 25 |
| 3 | In Re Ernest J. Pena Julie Pena, Debtors, United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Ernest J. Pena Julie Pena | green | “we adopt the brunner test as the test to be applied to determine the 'undue hardship' required to discharge student loans in bankruptcy pursuant to 11 u.s.c. 523 (a)(8)(b)” | 9 |
| 4 | Grine v. Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp. (In Re Grine) | green | “the existence of the adjective 'undue' in front of the word 'hardship' clearly indicates that congress intended that the hardship experienced by the debtor must be very severe.” | 4 |
| 5 | Wegrzyniak v. United States (In Re Wegrzyniak) | green | “congress has seen fit to erect a high hurdle to debtors seeking to discharge student loan obligations.” | 4 |
| 6 | United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Nascimento (In Re Nascimento) | green | “in defining undue hardship, courts require more than temporary financial adversity, but typically stop short of utter hopelessness.” | 4 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.