Legal Opinion
GM Card v. Cox (In Re Cox)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 9, 1995No. 19-10707PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES F. QUEENAN, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
The parties contest the dischargeability of indebtedness resulting from transactions with a credit card, that boon and bane of mankind. The GM Card (“GM”) asserts its debt is excepted from discharge as a debt for money or property “obtained ... by ... false pretenses, a false representation, or actual fraud_” 1 GM says that in obtaining goods and cash through use of its credit card, James C. Cox (the “Debtor”) impliedly represented he intended to pay, whereas the circumstances existing at the time indicate he had no such intent. Application of…
2Cases cited56 opinions
- Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Gerald Griggs-Ryan v. Beulah Smith, Gerald Griggs-Ryan v. Richard ConnellyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Gleason v. ThawSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- In Re Jesse H. Long, Debtor. Barclays American/business Credit, Inc. v. Jesse H. LongCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Neal v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
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3Cited by37 opinions
- In Re Benethel Rembert, Debtor. Benethel Rembert v. At & T Universal Card Services, Inc. Citibank South Dakota, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- In Re Amjad I. Eashai, Debtor. Citibank (South Dakota), N.A. v. Amjad I. EashaiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- At&T Universal Card Services v. MercerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Chase Manhattan Bank v. Murphy (In Re Murphy)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1995
- Chevy Chase Bank, FSB v. Briese (In Re Briese)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1996
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