Legal Opinion
Staten Island Savings Bank v. Scarpinito (In Re Scarpinito)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 3, 1996No. 1-19-40824PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION ON EXCEPTION TO DIS-CHARGEABILITY AND REVOCATION OF DISCHARGE
JEROME FELLER, Bankruptcy Judge.
Before the court is a bitterly contested adversary proceeding between implacable foes of long standing, a bumbling bank and a cunningly devious entrepreneur, Joseph Scarpinito. At the core of this dispute is a $1.4 million loan by the plaintiff, Gateway State Bank, to Mr. Scarpinito under what may be viewed in hindsight as ominous circumstances. 1 Mr. Scarpinito, after first obtaining an extension of its due date, defaulted on the loan less than two years after its procurement. The Bank, in…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Waterbury Community Federal Credit Union v. Magnusson (In Re Magnusson)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · 1981
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