Legal Opinion
Denton v. Hyman
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 6, 2007No. Docket 05-7026-bkPublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge:
Appellant G. Hallett Denton (“Denton”), the executor of the estate of George W. Denton, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Conner, /.). The district court affirmed an order of the Bankruptcy Court (Hardin, /.) that collateral estoppel did not relieve Denton from proving that a debt owed the estate by Appellee Andrew Hyman (“Hyman”) was not dischargeable under § 523(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code. That section of the Code precludes discharge of a debt resulting from a debtor’s “defalcation while…
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