Legal Opinion
Geary v. Texas Commerce Bank
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 5, 1998No. 97-0380PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
We consider whether a bankruptcy court reorganization plan releasing a debtor’s co-obligor placed the co-obligor’s interests before the bankruptcy court so that he was a party in interest to the bankruptcy for federal res judicata purposes. The trial court held that it did; the court of appeals held that it did not. 938 S.W.2d 205. Because we believe that the plan did make the co-obligor a party in interest, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and render judgment for Geary.
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