AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. v. Penrod
Petition for certiorari denied on October 3, 2011
Issue: Whether Section 1325(a)(*) of the Bankruptcy Code prohibits the bifurcation of secured indebtedness when the debt arises from a transaction in which a car dealer extends financing to a purchaser, and that financing includes a charge for the dealer’s discharge of the purchaser’s debt on a trade-in vehicle.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Marissa Miller, July 19, 2011)
Briefs and Documents
Certiorari-stage documents
- Opinion below (9th Cir.)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
- Amicus brief of American Bankers Association
- Amicus brief of American Financial Services Association et al.
- Amicus brief of Ally Financial Inc. et al.
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