Cooley-Linder v. Behrends

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

Timothy M. Tymkovieh, Chief Judge

In this adversary proceeding, Larry Ivan Behrends appeals from the district court’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s grant of summary judgment to plaintiffs and denying his cross-motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs sought a determination that a debt to them, reflected, in an arbitration award and confirmed in a Denver District Court judgment, was non-dischargeable. Because we agree with the district court that the bankruptcy court properly concluded that the damages awarded against Behrends based on his violations of securities…