Legal Opinion
Oklahoma Department of Securities Ex Rel. Faught v. Wilcox
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2012No. 10-6056, 10-6057PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIEN, Circuit Judge.
At the behest of the Oklahoma Department of Securities, Oklahoma courts found early investors in a Ponzi scheme carried out by a third party to have been unjustly enriched and required disgorgement. Judgments were entered against those in*1173vestors. We must decide whether the judgments entered against Robert Mathews, Marvin Wilcox, and Pamela Wilcox qualify as a nondischargeable debt under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(19). The bankruptcy-court decided the debts were nondis-chargeable because they were “for a violation” of securities laws. The district court affirmed. We reverse and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Hartford Underwriters Insurance v. Union Planters Bank, N. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Paul v. IglehartCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2008
- Sherman v. Securities & Exchange Commission (In Re Sherman)Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Oklahoma Department of Securities ex rel. Faught v. WilcoxSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2011
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3Cited by24 opinions
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