Legal Opinion
In Re Ronald R. Diamond and Elaine Diamond, Debtors. Ronald R. Diamond and Elaine Diamond v. Jeffrey R. Kolcum and Linda K. Villelli-Kolcum
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 4, 2002No. 00-16280PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAEZ, Circuit Judge.
In this nondischargeability proceeding under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) and (a)(6), the bankruptcy court granted summary judgment against Debtors Appellants Ronald and Elaine Diamond (“the Diamonds”) because it determined that a Washington state court judgment against them and in favor of Appellees Jeffrey and Linda Kol-cum (“the Kolcums”) was entitled to pre-clusive effect. The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (“BAP”) affirmed the judgment. The Diamonds appeal, contending that the state court judgment should not have been given preclusive effect.
The Diamonds first argue that the…
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