Legal Opinion

Stephen Thompson v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit

Decided August 19, 2016No. 15-27PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JACOBVITZ, Bankruptcy Judge.

James Hatfield appeals the bankruptcy court’s summary judgment in favor of Stephen Thompson (the “Debtor”) on Hatfield’s nondischargeability complaint under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A). 1 Hatfield asks us to reverse because the bankruptcy court erred in holding that (1) the underlying debt is not a debt for money, property, services, or an extension of credit “obtained by” the alleged actual fraud; and (2) that the debt cannot be excepted from the discharge because there is no valid fraud claim against the Debtor under applicable Oklahoma law. As we have…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Brown v. FelsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Field v. MansSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  5. Cohen v. De La CruzSupreme Court of the United States · 1998

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Mid-S. Maint., Inc. v. Burk (In re Burk)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2018
  2. Walker v. Vanwinkle (In re Vanwinkle)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2016
  3. Brookfield Global Relocation Services, LLC v. Burnley (In re Burnley)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 2017
  4. Hatfield v. Thompson (In re Thompson)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2017
  5. Bobbie Chance Robinson & Commercial Grain Mktg., LLC v. Smith (In re Smith)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2018

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