Legal Opinion

American Express Travel Related Services Co. v. Fraschilla (In Re Fraschilla)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit

Decided June 16, 1999No. BAP No. CC-98-1034-KJB. Bankruptcy No. LA 91-94016-SB. Adversary No. LA 92-01197-SBPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of a defaulted defendant in a credit card nondisehargeability action. The primary question relates to the effect of an intervening change in controlling authority on the application of the doctrine of the law of the case following a remand from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (“BAP”).

The judgment was entered at the end of a trial that the court, on remand following reversal, ordered to be held notwithstanding that the BAP’s mandate had included instructions to enter judgment for the plaintiff. The trial court justified…

2Cases cited28 opinions

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3Cited by16 opinions

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