Legal Opinion
Burns v. Cloutier (In Re Cloutier)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maine
Decided August 24, 1983No. 19-20116PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
FREDERICK A. JOHNSON, Bankruptcy Judge.
The plaintiff, Lori Burns, requests the court to find that a debt owed to her by the debtor, Gerard Cloutier, is nondischargeable under section 523(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code. 11 U.S.C.A. § 523(a)(6) (1979). The debtor argues that the plaintiff has failed to establish a “willful and malicious injury” as required by section 523(a)(6). The court concludes that the debt is nondischargeable.
The debtor’s testimony established the following sequence of events. On June 11, 1982, the debtor finished work at the Bath Iron Works in Bath,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Crebithrift of America v. Auvenshine (In Re Auvenshine)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Michigan · 1981
- Williams v. Bryson (In Re Bryson)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1980
- Borg-Warner Acceptance Corp. v. Simmons (In Re Simmons)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · 1981
- Castiglia v. Morgan (In Re Morgan)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nebraska · 1982
- Long v. Greenwell (In Re Greenwell)District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1982
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3Cited by16 opinions
- In Re Robert Stephen Adams, Debtor. Betty Hilda Ida Koepke Moraes v. Robert Stephen Adams, Robert Stephen AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- 15 Collier bankr.cas.2d 569, Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,479 in Re Larry Wayne Fielder, Debtor. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Larry Wayne FielderCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- In Re ComposCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- Young v. Rose (In Re Rose)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1988
- Caldarelli v. Callaway (In Re Callaway)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1984
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