Legal Opinion

Hough v. Fry (In Re Hough)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 10, 1999No. BAP No. ID-99-1092-BRP. Bankruptcy No. 98-01101. Adversary No. 98-6172PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BRANDT, Bankruptcy Judge.

The bankruptcy court granted appellees’ motion for summary judgment, declaring appellant’s debt for fees and costs awarded to appellees in state court litigation excepted from discharge under § 523(a)(17) 2 . This appeal followed. We REVERSE and REMAND.

I.FACTS

These facts are taken essentially verbatim from the bankruptcy court’s published decision, Fry v. Hough (In re Hough), 228 B.R. 264, 265 (Bankr.D.Idaho 1998).

Appellant Barbara Hough (“Hough”) filed a chapter 7 bankruptcy petition with the bankruptcy court on 8 April 1998. Appellees Robert and Elizabeth Fry…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Robinson v. Shell Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. Hough v. FryIdaho Supreme Court · 1998
  4. In Re VasquezUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1997
  5. United States v. Towers (In Re Feiler)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1999

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Woods & Erickson, LLP v. Leonard (In Re AVI, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
  2. Wechsler v. MacKe International Trade, Inc. (In Re MacKe International Trade, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
  3. Pak v. eCast Settlement Corp. (In Re Pak)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
  4. Drummond v. Wiegand (In Re Wiegand)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
  5. Searcy v. Ada County Prosecuting Attorney's Office (In Re Searcy)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2012

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