Legal Opinion
McCrory v. Spigel (In Re Spigel)
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 13, 2001No. 00-9010PublishedCited by 248 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Glenn and Ann McCrory appeal from the judgment of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) reversing the bankruptcy court and holding that the debt owed them by Robert Spigel as a result of a Rhode Island Superior Court judgment was not exempt from discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A). The McCrorys claim that the collateral estoppel effect of the Superior Court judgment creating the debt establishes that Spigel committed fraud in a transaction related to that debt, and hence that debt should be exempt from discharge. The BAP disagreed, concluding that the Superior…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Brown v. FelsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Local Loan Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Field v. MansSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Palmacci v. UmpierrezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
19 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by248 opinions
- Clifford v. BarnhartCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
- Privitera v. CurranCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2017
- Soto-Rios v. Banco Popular De Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011
- Haney v. Copeland (In Re Copeland)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tennessee · 2003
- In Re Frank Schifano, Debtor. Alfred Razzaboni and Henry Razzaboni v. Frank SchifanoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
243 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.