Legal Opinion
In Re: Gi Nam City of Philadelphia v. Gi Nam Marvin Krasny, Chapter 7 Trustee Frederic Baker, Assistant U. S. Trustee, Trustees City of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 20, 2001No. 00-4141PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROTH, Circuit Judge.
This bankruptcy appeal presents a question with potentially far-reaching implications for the States’ administration of their criminal justice systems. It is also one of first impression in this Circuit. The issue is whether the debt to a State of a bond surety for a defendant who fails to appear is dischargeable in the surety’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy. We decide the question here only in the context of the case before us: The bond surety is a relative of the non-appearing defendant.
We conclude that the decision of the District Court, holding such a debt…
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