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Bryant v. Bishop (In Re Bryant)

United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky

Decided December 23, 1985No. 19-40147PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MERRITT S. DEITZ, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

The doctrine of collateral estoppel, that marvelous invention of the common law for the finality of justice and the tidying up of overloaded court dockets, disposes of the case at hand. The parties are in limited agreement that our reading of the jury instructions and findings in an earlier state court action may dispose of the case without the need for a full hearing. It does.

Bennie Bryant, an amputee veteran of the Viet Nam war, hired the debtor Doyle Bishop in 1978 to build and install kitchen cabinets in Bryant’s home. When the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Channel v. Channel (In Re Channel)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1982
  2. Elmore v. Davis (In Re Davis)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1982
  3. Secretary of Labor v. Hargis (In Re Hargis)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1984
  4. Tabb v. Miller (In Re Miller)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1982
  5. Kasey v. Waters (In Re Waters)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1984

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Leeb v. Guy (In Re Guy)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · 1988
  2. Klingman v. Levinson (In Re Levinson)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1986
  3. Angus v. Wald (In Re Wald)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama · 1997
  4. Estate of Schubert v. Rudd (In Re Rudd)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Indiana · 1987
  5. Norm Gershman's Things to Wear, Inc. v. Peterson (In Re Peterson)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware · 2005

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