Legal Opinion
Reeves v. Columbia Gas of Ohio (In Re Reeves)
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided April 23, 2001No. 19-10359PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
RICHARD L. SPEER, Chief Judge.
In the above captioned adversary complaint, the Plaintiff/Debtor, Laureen Reeves, seeks an order finding the Defendant, Columbia Gas of Ohio, in contempt for willfully violating the discharge injunction provided for in 11 U.S.C. § 524. In response, the Defendant raised the affirmative defense of “recoupment” which permits a defendant, under certain conditions, to reduce a plaintiffs claim to the extent that the defendant has been wronged by the plaintiff. On the applicability of this doctrine, the Court, after holding a Pretrial conference on…
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