Legal Opinion

Hoskins v. Yanks (In Re Yanks)

District Court, S.D. Florida

Decided May 31, 1989No. 89-0274Published

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER REMANDING CASE TO BANKRUPTCY COURT

NESBITT, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court on an appeal from a decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida granting discharge of a debt owed by Appellee/Debtor Barry Stephen Yanks to Appellant Martha Hoskins, 95 B.R. 234 (1989). This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158(a).

In 1975, Hoskins’ late husband sued Yanks in Florida state court for defamation. The amended complaint alleged that Yanks had maliciously published a defamatory statement about Mr. Hoskins, or, in the alternative, that…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Fred Combs v. Alvin RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
  2. Chrysler Credit Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Charles M. RebhanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
  3. In Re Jack David Held, Debtor. Ann F. Miller v. Jack David Held, in Re Robert Ray Held, Debtor. Ann F. Miller v. Robert Ray HeldCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
  4. In Re Kenneth Earl Latch, Helen Doris Latch, Debtors. Sunco Sales, Inc. v. Kenneth Earl Latch, Helen Doris LatchCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  5. Dodson v. Church (In Re Church)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · 1987

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