Durham Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Agency v. Jimmo (In Re Jimmo)

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDERS ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ROBERT L. KRECHEVSKY, Bankruptcy Judge.

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ISSUE

Before the court are the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment concerning the dischargeability vel non of certain obligations imposed on the debtors-defendants by a state-court judgment. The judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff-governmental unit based upon the debtors’ violations of the Connecticut Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act. The plaintiff contends, and the debtors deny, that the said obligations qualify as fines or penalties not dis-chargeable under…