Pratt v. GM Acceptance Corp. (In re Pratt)
Sep
01
2006
Ruling
Creditor's refusal to release valueless auto lien unless outstanding balance was paid was coercive and violated discharge injunction
Procedural posture
Chapter 7 debtors, husband and wife, appealed a decision from the District Court for the District of Maine affirming a bankruptcy court ruling that creditor, a car financing corporation, did not violate the discharge injunction by declining to discharge its lien on debtors'automobile until they paid the remaining balance due on their prepetition car loan.
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