Branigan v. Bateman, 515 F.3d. 272 (2006)

Outcome: Chapter 13 Debtors were eligible to file

Description: Timothy Branigan, a Chapter 13 Trustee, argued that debtors who were ineligible for a Chapter 13 discharge due to previous Chapter 7 cases were ineligible to file. Recognizing that there were many benefits to Chapter 13 that did not require a discharge, Mr. Weiss successfully argued against the Chapter 13 Trustee's position before the Bankruptcy Court, the District Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.