Legal Opinion
Meridian Bank v. Eugene Alten, Marlene Alten, and Thomas J. Subranni, Trustee Eugene and Marlene Alten
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 13, 1992No. 91-5365PublishedCited by 357 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
COWEN, Circuit Judge.
In this bankruptcy case the bankruptcy court entered an order discharging the debtors even though they maintained few if any records of their financial dealings. The district court reversed. We will affirm the district court, based on a conclusion that the debtors did not meet their burden of justifying failure to keep adequate records under 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(3) (1988).
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Eugene Alten and Marlene Alten (collectively “the Altens” or “the debtors”) personally guaranteed a loan from Meridian Bank (Meridian) for a development project which failed. Meridian…
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