Legal Opinion
Superior Crewboats Inc. v. Primary P & I Underwriters (In re Superior Crewboats, Inc.)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 18, 2004No. 03-30692PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
This case principally raises the question whether judicial estoppel prohibits these debtors from prosecuting a personal injury lawsuit that they did not timely disclose to the bankruptcy court. The district court *333concluded that confusion as to the viability of the claim, combined with the bankruptcy trustee’s lack of diligence, made judicial estoppel unwarranted as a matter of law. The district court’s rationale allows these debtors to have their cake and eat it too, as they retain the enormous benefit of a bankruptcy discharge while standing in line to receive…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Koon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Browning Manufacturing v. Mims (In Re Coastal Plains, Inc.)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Scarano v. Central R. Co. Of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Walter Burnes v. Pemco AeroplexCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
- In the Matter of Thomas v. Cassidy, Debtor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by117 opinions
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