Legal Opinion

Sou-Hsiung Jack CHIU, Appellant, v. Amy Kam-Ling WONG, Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 11, 1994No. 93-1987PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

After several unsuccessful business ventures between 1983 and 1989 with her husband Ken Lai (Lai), Amy Kam-Ling Wong (Wong) sought relief in bankruptcy from her debts. During the bankruptcy proceeding she claimed her homestead with a value of $48,000 as exempt property. However, a former business partner of Lai, the plaintiff Sou-Hsiung Jack Chiu (Chiu), sought to impose a constructive trust on the homestead of Wong. Chiu claims in this action that Lai had wrongfully terminated a 1983 partnership, that Lai had converted the assets of the partnership, and that the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Butner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. In Re Flight Transportation Corporation Securities LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  3. In Re N.S. Garrott & Sons and Eastern Arkansas Planting Company, a Joint Venture. N.S. Garrott & Sons, an Arkansas General Partnership, Eastern Arkansas Planting Company, an Arkansas General Partnership v. Union Planters National Bank of Memphis and Crittenden Abstract & Title Co., Inc. Chicago Title Insurance Company, Intervenor, in Re N.S. Garrott & Sons and Eastern Arkansas Planting Company, a Joint Venture. N.S. Garrott & Sons, an Arkansas General Partnership, Eastern Arkansas Planting Company, an Arkansas General Partnership v. Union Planters National Bank of Memphis, Crittenden Abstract & Title Co., Inc., Chicago Title Insurance Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
  4. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Universal Insurance Company, Hector Manuel Rodriguez-Estrada, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Universal Insurance Company, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Universal Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
  5. Thompson v. NesheimSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1968

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. In Re DameronCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
  2. In Re Schriock Construction, Inc., Debtor. First Western Bank & Trust v. Wayne Drewes, as Bankruptcy Trustee for Schriock Construction, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
  3. Kaler v. Craig (In Re Craig)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. North Dakota · 1996
  4. First American Title Insurance v. Lett (In Re Lett)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 1999
  5. Matter of United Imports, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nebraska · 1996

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