Legal Opinion
In Re Norman Docteroff, Debtor, Bert L. Wolstein Lady Iris Corporation v. Norman Docteroff
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 30, 1997No. 97-5095PublishedCited by 219 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
In this case, we must decide whether a default judgment entered against a defendant in a fraud action as a sanction for the defendant’s repeated and. bad-faith refusals to comply with discovery requests collaterally estops the defendant from claiming that the debt underlying the judgment is dis-chargeable in bankruptcy. The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the bankruptcy court held that collateral estoppel applied. We affirm.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
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- In the Matter of Michael VAN HORNE. Margaret CASPERS, Appellee, v. Michael VAN HORNE, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 76,586 in Re James B. McNallen Debtor. Patricia McNallen Hagan v. James B. McNallenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by219 opinions
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