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Hall v. United States

Docket No.10-875
Op. Below9th Cir.
ArgumentNov 29, 2011

Holding

The federal income tax liability resulting from petitioners" post-petition farm sale is not "incurred by the estate" under Section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and thus is neither collectible nor dischargeable in the Chapter 12 plan.

Judgment

Affirmed, 5-4, in an opinion by Sonia Sotomayor on May 14, 2012. Justice Breyer filed a dissenting opinion in which Justices Kennedy, Ginsburg and Kagan joined.

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