Harris v. Viegelahn

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{{Infobox SCOTUS case

|Litigants=Harris v. Viegelahn

|ArgueDate=April 1

|ArgueYear=2015

|DecideDate=May 18

|DecideYear=2015

|FullName=Charles E. Harris, III, Petitioner v. Mary K. Viegelahn, Chapter 13 Trustee

|Docket=14-400

|USVol=575

|USPage=498

|ParallelCitations=135 S. Ct. 1829; 191 L. Ed. 2d 783

|Prior=In re Harris, [https://www.leagle.com/decision/infdco20130326744 491 B.R. 866] (W.D. Tex. 2013); reversed, 757 F.3d [https://www.leagle.com/decision/infco20140707087 468] (5th Cir. 2014); cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 782 (2014).

|Subsequent=On remand, 608 F. App'x 252 (5th Cir. 2015)

|Holding=A debtor who converts to Chapter 7 bankruptcy is entitled to return of any post-petition wages not yet distributed by the Chapter 13 trustee.

|Majority=Ginsburg

|JoinMajority=unanimous

|LawsApplied=

}}

Harris v. Viegelahn, 575 U.S. 498 (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court clarified procedures for disposing wages after a debtor files for bankruptcy.{{ussc|name=Harris v. Viegelahn|volume=575|year=|docket=14-400}}, slip op. at 1 (2015). In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Court held that if a debtor earns money after filing Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings, and converts to Chapter 7 bankruptcy before the money is sent to creditors, the debtor is permitted to keep those funds.Ronald Mann, [http://www.scotusblog.com/2015/05/opinion-tie-goes-to-the-debtor-in-consumer-bankruptcy-dispute-about-funds-paid-to-trustee/ Opinion: Tie goes to the debtor in consumer bankruptcy dispute about funds paid to trustee], {{smallcaps|SCOTUSblog}} (May. 18, 2015).