Legal Opinion

Harris v. Kamps (In re Kamps)

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided August 31, 2017No. Bankruptcy No. 15-17261-AMC; Adv. Proc. No. 16-14-AMCPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Ashely M. Chan, United States Bankruptcy Judge

CONTENTS

I. Introduction... 69

II. Facts and Procedural History...69

A. Independence Pointe Development Project.. .69

B. Anonymous Text Messages... 69

C. Defamatory Statements in Northeast Times Article... 70

D. Defamatory Statements to Former Employers of Harris... 70

E. State Court Litigation.. .71

1. Seller Litigation... 71

2. Harris Litigation.. .71

F. The Debtor’s Bankruptcy.. .72

III. Discussion... 72

A. Rooker-Feldman Doctrine... 74

B. Collateral Estoppel... 75

1. The Legal Standards Applied in the Harris Litigation Are Distinguishable from Those…

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