Legal Opinion
Sartin v. MacIk
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 28, 2008No. 07-1464PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL joined. Chief Judge WILLIAMS wrote a dissenting opinion.
*286OPINION
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
In this case, we confront a question of North Carolina law that the state courts have yet to address. We must determine whether a state default judgment, entered as a penalty for a party’s failure to comply with a North Carolina court’s discovery order, has collateral estoppel effect in subsequent litigation in bankruptcy court. The bankruptcy court, in a decision upheld by the district court, found…
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