EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge. Two bankruptcy appeals present a common question: whether a liar may obtain a discharge in bankruptcy by showing that the victim did not do enough to nose out the truth. Debts attributable to fraud may not be discharged, 11 U.S.C. § 523 (a)(2)(A), and intentional deceit concerning a material proposition is fraud wh…
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