Legal Opinion
Matter of Stevens
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided August 16, 1979No. B-78-576PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LACEY, District Judge.
The bankrupt, Edward S. Stevens [Stevens], appeals from a determination of the bankruptcy court that his debt of $6,648, founded upon a state court judgment, and owed to the receiver, was nondischargeable under § 17a(4) of the Bankruptcy Act [Act], 11 U.S.C. § 35a(4), which, in pertinent part, provides:
A discharge in bankruptcy shall release a bankrupt from all of his provable debts, whether allowable in full or in part, except such as . were created by his fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation or defalcation while acting as an officer or in any fiduciary capacity…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. HerbstCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
- In the Matter of Gerald J. Ross, Also Known as Jerry Ross, Bankrupt. Gerald J. RossCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- In Re BernardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Armstrong Rubber Co. v. Anzman (In Re Anzman)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Colorado · 1986
- Murray v. Day (In Re Day)District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1980
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