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Tsurukawa v. Nikon Precision, Inc. (In Re Tsurukawa)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 12, 2002No. BAP No. NC-02-1077-MaRyK, Bankruptcy No. 98-34249, Adversary No. 98-3501PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MARLAR, Bankruptcy Judge.

INTRODUCTION

In a prior appeal between these parties, we addressed the nondischargeability of a $2 million stipulated judgment debt, pursuant to § 523(a)(2)(A), 1 based on the vi carious liability of Etsuko Tsurukawa (“Debtor”) for her husband’s fraud. In Tsurukawa v. Nikon Precision, Inc. (In re Tsurukawa), 258 B.R. 192 (9th Cir. BAP 2001) (“Tsurukawa I”), we held that “a marital union alone, without a finding of a partnership or other agency relationship between spouses, cannot serve as a basis for imputing fraud from one spouse to the other.” Id. at 198. We…

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