Legal Opinion
Reed v. City of Arlington
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 11, 2011No. 08-11098PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge,
joined by E. GRADY JOLLY, W. EUGENE DAVIS, JERRY E. SMITH, EMILIO M. GARZA, BENAVIDES, CARL E. STEWART, DENNIS, PRADO, OWEN, JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK and HAYNES, Circuit Judges:
The question before the en banc court is whether judicial estoppel bars a blameless bankruptcy, trustee from pursuing a judgment that the debtor — having concealed the judgment during bankruptcy — is himself estopped from pursuing. We hold that it does not.' This result upholds the purpose of judicial estoppel, which in this context is to protect the integrity of the bankruptcy…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. PangilinanSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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