Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. Herr
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 26, 2008No. 07-6269PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to determine whether 11 U.S.C. § 524(a) makes a state-court judgment void ab initio when entered against a debtor whose dischargeable debts had been discharged, or whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine compels federal courts to respect the state-court judgment. We conclude that § 524(a) prevails and state court judgments that modify a discharge order are void ab initio.
Defendant-Appellant Alicia Hamilton Herr (“Herr”) appeals a district-court order reversing the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of Plaintiff-Appellee James Stewart…
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