Legal Opinion
United States v. John R. Spicer
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 30, 1995No. 94-5145PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
WALD, Circuit Judge:
John R. Spicer appeals from a judgment of the district court holding that bankruptcy does not discharge his $339,000 debt to the United States. Spicer promised to pay this amount in settlement of the government’s civil claims against him for fraud. The district court held the debt nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A), which provides that bankruptcy “does not discharge an individual debtor from any debt ... for money [or] property ... to the extent obtained by ... false pretenses, a false representation, or actual…
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