Legal Opinion
Faith Temple v. Steven DiPietro
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 31, 2015No. Docket Cum-14-272PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHjelm, J.
[¶ 1] In 2012, Faith Temple, a church located in Portland, filed a complaint in state court seeking a judgment based on a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judgment that, under a former name, it obtained in 1985 against Steven DiPietro. During the pen-dency of the state court action, Faith Tem- pie also moved for a writ of execution on the original bankruptcy judgment. The court (Wheeler; J.) issued an order directing the issuance of a writ, and then granted judgment on the pleadings in favor of Faith Temple on both its complaint and DiPietro’s counterclaim against Faith Temple and its pastor, Phillip…
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