Legal Opinion
Cassidy v. Minihan
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided June 18, 1985No. 84-4422-CV-C-5PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SCOTT 0. WRIGHT, Chief Judge.
The central issue in this bankruptcy appeal reads like a textbook hypothetical: 1 whether a judgment for personal injury damages resulting from the debtor’s operation of an automobile while under the influence of alcohol is a debt for a “willful and malicious injury” and, therefore, nondis-chargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6). The Bankruptcy Court ruled that the judgment resulting from the debtor’s drunk driving was not dischargeable. For the reasons set forth below, the Bankruptcy Court’s decision will be reversed.
I. Background
On the evening of October 24,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Tinker v. ColwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Williams v. Bryson (In Re Bryson)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1980
- Castiglia v. Morgan (In Re Morgan)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nebraska · 1982
- Long v. Greenwell (In Re Greenwell)District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1982
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Stephen Michael Cassidy v. Thomas Francis MinihanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- In Re BinghamUnited States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
- Taylor v. Kaufmann (In Re Kaufmann)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1986
- In Re CorreaUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1986
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Wright (In Re Wright)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Indiana · 1986
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