Atlanta lawyer Thomas Byrne is claiming victory in his first outing to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Monday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court doesn’t explicitly rule for Byrne’s client, an Alabama man who ran into bankruptcy trouble in the midst of a family squabble. The high court merely set the standard for further proceedings, and Byrne’s opposing counsel has said Byrne’s client, Randy Curtis Bullock, should lose no matter what the standard.