By Rudolph Di Massa Jr. and Keri Wintle ( June 28, 2018, 2:53 PM EDT) -- On June 4, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Lamar Archer & Cofrin LLP v. Appling,[1] resolving a circuit split on the issue of whether a debtor's statement about a single asset constitutes "a statement respecting the debtor's financial condition" for the purposes of 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2). Affirming the Eleventh Circuit's decision,[2] the Supreme Court held that a debtor's statement about a single or specific asset does fall within the scope of the statutory phrase "a statement respecting the debtor's financial condition," and therefore, such a statement must be made in writing in order to constitute grounds for nondischargeability....
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