U.S. v. Pepper, No. 94-10321 (5th Cir.) (51 F.3d 469) (April 20, 1995) (Judge Carl E. Stewart)
Court held that a discharge in bankruptcy does not have any effect on the court's ability to order restitution, or the defendant's obligation to pay.
In this case, the defendant argued that the district court could not order restitution as part of his sentence because the debts of some of …
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