Legal Opinion
Zedan v. Habash
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 24, 2008No. 07-1286PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Basem Habash filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in August 2004. Nearly 20 months later, Najib Zedan, a judgment creditor of Habash, initiated an adversary proceeding that objected to the discharge of Habash’s debts because of alleged fraud by Habash in representing his income and assets to the bankruptcy trustee. See 11 U.S.C. §§ 523(a)(4); 727(d)(1). At the time Zedan filed the adversary complaint, the deadline for creditors to object to a discharge had long passed, and the bankruptcy court had yet to grant a discharge to Habash. The bankruptcy court dismissed Zedan’s…
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