Legal Opinion
Owens v. Powell (In re Powell)
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York
Decided February 17, 2017No. Case No. 16-30073; Adv. Proc. No. 16-50014PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum-Decision and Order
Margaret Cangilos-Ruiz, United States Bankruptcy Judge
Irving Owens (“Plaintiff’) commenced this adversary proceeding seeking to except an unliquidated judgment debt (the “Debt”) owed to Plaintiff by Christian S. Powell (“Debtor” or “Defendant”) from discharge in Defendant’s chapter 7 bankruptcy case. Specifically, Plaintiff asserts that the Debt resulted from Defendant’s intentional assault and injury of Plaintiff and is, accordingly, nondischargeable pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6) for willful and malicious injury.1
The court conducted a bench trial on November…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Migra v. Warren City School District Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Taylor v. SturgellSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Kawaauhau v. GeigerSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Brown v. FelsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Summit Credit Union v. Goldbeck (In re Goldbeck)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2018
- Holzhueter v. Groth (In re Holzhueter)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2017
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