Idell v. Goodman

Opinion

SCOTLAND, J.

Plaintiff filed a voluntary chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California asking that his debts be discharged. (11 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.) Defendant Joseph Lanza and other creditors of plaintiff, represented by defendant Lysbeth Goodman, an attorney, responded by filing, within plaintiff’s bankruptcy action, an adversary proceeding which alleged that the debts should not be discharged. (§ 727(a); rule 7001 et seq.) Following a hearing, the bankruptcy court rejected defendants’ contentions and entered judgment for…