Legal Opinion
In Re Vern O. LAING, Debtor. Vern O. LAING, Appellant, v. Lawrence A.G. JOHNSON and Don Bradshaw, Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 8, 1994No. 93-5267PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
The debtor, Vern Laing, appeals the district court’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s decision that Laing could not discharge a particular debt in his Chapter 7 bankruptcy. We affirm because we agree with the district court that res judicata prevents Laing from relitigating the discharge-ability of the debt.
BACKGROUND
Laing wants to discharge a debt to the appellees, Don Bradshaw and Lawrence Johnson, in his current Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Laing and Johnson, Laing’s former attorney, owned an airplane through a joint venture. Laing defaulted on the…
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