Legal Opinion
Charles Smith v. C. Gartley
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 16, 2013No. 13-50154PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Per curiam
C. David Gartley and Harvey E. Gartley filed this adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court against their former business partner, Debtor Charles R. Smith and his wife and Co-Debtor, Iris Berman-Smith. Over the course of the bankruptcy proceedings, the bankruptcy court determined that Smith, but not Berman-Smith, was liable to the Gartleys for fraud, that the damages arising out of his liability amounted to approximately $2.7 million, and that the debt from these damages was nondis-chargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2) & (4). Smith appealed to the district court, and the district court…
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