Lockhart v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2005-12-07

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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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