Legal Opinion
Pratt v. Pourdas (In Re Pourdas)
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided March 25, 1997No. 19-30093PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KENNETH J. MEYERS, Bankruptcy Judge.
Plaintiffs filed the instant adversary proceeding seeking a determination that a debt owed by James Pourdas (“debtor”) is nondischargeable as a “willful and malicious injury” under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6). The relevant facts are as follows:
A Granite City, Illinois, ordinance provides that no person shall possess a pit bull dog within city limits for a period of more than forty-eight hours without obtaining a license. 1 In order to obtain a license, the owner must file with the city clerk an application for a license to possess the pit bull dog. The…
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- In the Matter of Marvin C. THIRTYACRE, Debtor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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