Legal Opinion

Arizona v. Ott (In Re Ott)

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Washington

Decided March 10, 1998No. 14-40121PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

PHILIP H. BRANDT, Bankruptcy Judge.

The State of Arizona (“Arizona” or “State”) moves for summary judgment against Defendant-Debtor Calvin D. Ott (“Ott”), seeking declaratory judgment that its judgment requiring him to disgorge $1,394,000.00 under Arizona’s Racketeering Act (Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) § 13-2314) is nondisehargeable under the Bankruptcy Code. 1 I will grant the motion.

I. ISSUES

A. Is Arizona’s judgment nondisehargeable under § 523(a)(7)?

B. Does the three-year limitation of § 523(a)(7)(B) apply to the Arizona Racketeering Act’s…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. FeldmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
  4. Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Russello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Pavelich v. McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth LLP (In Re Pavelich)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
  2. Fowler v. Jenkins (In Re Jenkins)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · 2001
  3. Thaler v. County of Nassau District Attorney (In Re Wolfson)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 2001
  4. United States v. Jones (In Re Jones)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Georgia · 2004
  5. State v. CunninghamCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2003

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