Legal Opinion
Jafari v. Wynn Las Vegas, LLC (In Re Jafari)
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 17, 2009No. 08-3994PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Creditors Wynn Las Vegas LLC (“Wynn”) and Desert Palace Inc. d/b/a Caesar’s Palace (“Caesar’s”) filed timely proofs of claim against individual Chapter 11 debtors Robert and Amanda Jafari for gaming debts owing. Debtors objected to the proofs of claim. The bankruptcy court entered an order sustaining’ objections and disallowing the claims, based on its finding that Wisconsin substantive law applied to the claims and the gaming debts were unenforceable under Wisconsin law. Creditors appealed to the district court, and the district court determined that Nevada substantive…
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