Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Turner
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided June 7, 1967No. B 66-4505PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON PETITION FOR REVIEW
BELLONI, District Judge.
Melvin Jack Turner, bankrupt, seeks to review an order of a referee in bankruptcy denying a discharge of certain debts.
Bankrupt filed his voluntary petition and received a discharge in 1958. In 1963 he filed a second petition, but was denied a discharge because it was filed within six years of the previous petition. This is his third petition. The referee denied a discharge of those debts which had been listed in the second petition on the ground that the denial of a discharge in 1963 was res judicata.
The referee followed Chopnick v.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Chopnick v. TokatyanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- In re MastersonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1963
3Cited by1 opinion
- Melvin Jack Turner v. Julia L. Boston, Trustee in Bankruptcy, and Valley Credit Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968