
Supreme Court Ruling on Dischargeability of Debts Incurred by Fraud
In a 7-1 decision, with Justice Thomas dissenting, the United States Supreme Court reversed In re Ritz, 787 F.3d 312 (5th Cir., May 22, 2015) and resoled a circuit split, with its decision in Husky International Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz, 2016 WL 2842452 (May 16, 2016). The Supreme Court held that the term "actual fraud" in 11 U.S.C. ยง 523(a)(2)(A) encompasses forms of fraud, like fraudulent conveyance schemes, that can be effected without a false representation. The Court sa