Legal Opinion
In Re: Claude Dennis Pitner, Debtor. Martha Smith v. Claude D. Pitner
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1982No. 81-5220PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal involves the question of whether a $95,000 judgment debt in favor of the judgment creditor (plaintiff-appellee, the widow of the decedent) for the shooting of her husband by defendant-appellant (the bankrupt), is dischargeable under the bankruptcy act, 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6). 1
The bankruptcy court discharged the debt. District Judge Robert L. Taylor reversed, holding that the bankruptcy court should have applied the doctrine of collateral estoppel and should not have relitigated the issues determined against the bankrupt in an action between the same parties in a State Court. We…
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