Legal Opinion
Ries v. Paige (In Re Paige)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 29, 2010No. 08-10995PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
A panel of this court granted the unopposed motion of plaintiff and chapter VII trustee Kent Ries (“Ries”) for leave to appeal directly to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158(d)(2)(A)(iii) after the bankruptcy court granted summary judgment to the debtor, Robert Paige (“Paige”). In r e Paige, Bankr.No. 04-20147-RLJ-7, Adv. No. 07-02015, 2008 WL 2938545 (Bankr.N.D.Tex. July 23, 2008). Because we agree with the bankruptcy court that Ries’s claims against Paige are barred by res judicata, we AFFIRM.
I. Background and Procedural History
The parties do not dispute the facts…
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