Legal Opinion
Heckert v. Dotson (In Re Heckert)
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided November 9, 1998No. Civ.A. 6:98-0242PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT ORDER
GOODWIN, District Judge.
This appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of West Virginia presents the narrow question of whether a bankruptcy court’s jurisdiction in conjunction with an adversary proceeding allows the entry of a judgment order on nondischargeable debt that has already been reduced to judgment by a state court. For reasons explained more fully below, this Court FINDS, to the extent that bankruptcy courts have jurisdiction to enter money judgment orders following adversary proceedings, such jurisdiction is not…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re: Ransford Craig Heckert, Debtor. Ransford Craig Heckert, A/K/A R.C. Heck Heckert v. Harold L. DotsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
- Porter Capital Corp. v. Hamilton (In Re Hamilton)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2002
- Dotson v. HeckertCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001