Miller v. J.D. Abrams Inc. (In Re Miller)

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Miller appeals the district court’s order holding that the state court judgment debt Miller owes J.D. Abrams, Inc., is nondis-chargeable in bankruptcy. More specifically, Miller contests the district court’s conclusion that he is precluded under the doctrine of collateral estoppel from trying in the bankruptcy court the issue necessary to decide the dischargeability question. We conclude that neither the state court jury nor the state trial judge in entering judgment on the verdict decided Miller’s intent in misappropriating or misusing Abrams’s…