Legal Opinion
Stokes v. Ferris
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided November 23, 1992No. Civ. A 91 CA 613PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SPARKS, District Judge.
BE IT REMEMBERED on this the 16th day of November, 1992, came on to be heard and considered the above-styled and numbered cause. This is a bankruptcy appeal in which Anthony P. Ferris appeals the decision of Bankruptcy Judge Kelly to discharge punitive damages and attorneys’ fees and costs awarded in a state court judgment against John Jay Stokes, Jr. (Stokes, Jr.). 1 Judge Kelly held that Ferris’s actual damages in the amount of $550,000 were not dischargeable under Section 523(a)(2)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, 2 but the remaining punitive…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. DavenportSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- In Re Alberto Obed Miera, Jr. Neil K. Johnson v. Alberto Obed Miera, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 74,355 in Re Robert Britton, Debtor. Robert Britton v. Mary PriceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by23 opinions
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