Legal Opinion
Wakefield v. Southwest Securities, Inc. (In Re Wakefield)
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas
Decided July 19, 2004No. 19-30718PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON REMAND
STEVEN A. FELSENTHAL, Chief Judge.
It is the law of this case that Southwest Securities, Inc., in violation of 11 U.S.C. § 525(b), terminated the employment of Daniel Alan Wakefield, the debtor, because he filed a petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. Wakefield v. SWS Securities, Inc. (In re Wakefield), 293 B.R. 372, 383 (N.D.Tex.2003). Southwest Securities, Inc., attempts to avoid the consequences of its unlawful act by requesting the court to preclude Wakefield’s lawsuit by application of the doctrine of judicial estoppel. Southwest…
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