Legal Opinion
Bankr. L. Rep. P 77,362 in Re Ahmad Ali Massoud Ansari, Debtor. Reza Pahlavi Medina Development Company v. Ahmad Ali Massoud Ansari
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 8, 1997No. 96-1519PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge RUSSELL and Judge WILKINS joined.
OPINION
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
The question presented here is whether the district court properly held that a default judgment entered by a Virginia state court was entitled to collateral estoppel effect in a subsequent federal bankruptcy case. Because the law of the state where the original litigation occurred controls the preclusive effect of its judgments in federal court and because Virginia law would allow collateral estoppel in these circumstances, we affirm the…
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