Legal Opinion
In Re Gi Nam
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 3, 2000No. 00-347PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DALZELL, District Judge.
This bankruptcy appeal raises a close question our Court of Appeals has not yet addressed, namely, whether a bail bond surety’s debt to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania arising from the defendant’s failure to appear is dischargeable in the surety’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy. This question, which implicates uncommonly interesting policy issues, has a personal pun gency here, as the surety is the father of the defendant-son.
I. Background
A. Facts 1
Gi Nam’s son, David Nam, was charged on September 22, 1997 with various offenses, including murder, robbery, and burglary…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hickman v. Texas (In Re Hickman)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- In Re: Gi Nam City of Philadelphia v. Gi Nam Marvin Krasny, Chapter 7 Trustee Frederic Baker, Assistant U. S. Trustee, Trustees City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- In Re: Gi NamCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
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