Supreme Court of the United States
Lockhart v. United States
This writing
- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Filed
- Dec. 7, 2005
- Case
- Lockhart v. United States
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice O’Connor delivered the opinion of the Court. We consider whether the United States may offset Social Security benefits to collect a student loan debt that has been outstanding for over 10 years. I A Petitioner James Lockhart failed to repay federally rein-sured student loans that he had incurred between 1984 and 1989 under the Guaranteed Stud…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Not attributed | Dec. 7, 2005 |
| Concurrence | Not attributed | Dec. 7, 2005 |