Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Woldman
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 14, 1993No. 92 C 8254PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, District Judge.
Plaintiff Geraldine Johnson (“Johnson”), as assignee of Robert J. Nye (“Nye”), sued defendant Barry Woldman (“Woldman”) to recover attorney’s fees allegedly due to Nye. Subsequently, Woldman filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. Johnson filed an adversary complaint arguing that her claim was non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4) (“§ 523(a)(4)”) because Woldman committed a defalcation while occupying a fiduciary relationship with Nye. The case proceeded to trial. At the end of plaintiff’s evidence,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Smith v. Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
- Reese v. MelahnIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
- In the Matter of Pyramid Energy, Ltd., Debtor-Appellant v. Heyl & Patterson, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Purcell v. Janikowski (In Re Janikowski)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1986
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3Cited by14 opinions
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