Legal Opinion

Commercial Federal Bank v. Pappan (In Re Pappan)

Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit

Decided December 5, 2005No. BAP No. WO-05-044. Bankruptcy No. 04-11834-BH. Adversary No. 04-01170-BHPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

THURMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.

Commercial Federal Bank (CFB) appeals a Order entered by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma under 11 U.S.C. § 523(d) 1 requiring CFB to pay a portion of the attorney’s fees and costs that the Chapter 7 debtors incurred in successfully defending CFB’s non-dischargeability action against them. For the reasons set forth below, the bankruptcy court’s Order is AFFIRMED.

I. Appellate Jurisdiction

This Court has jurisdiction over this appeal. CFB timely appealed the bankruptcy court’s Order, 2 and the Order entered under § 523(d) is…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Pierce v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. JeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Linda K. Moothart v. A. Gary Bell, Bradley P. Pollock, Bell & Pollock, P.C.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
  4. Gilbert v. ShalalaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
  5. Gutierrez v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992

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