Legal Opinion
Zelis v. Papadakis (In Re Zelis)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 29, 1993No. BAP No. NC-93-1406-RJV. Bankruptcy No. 91-40661-NK. Adv. No. 92-4440-AJPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RUSSELL, Bankruptcy Judge.
This appeal arises from an order granting summary judgment on the ground that the debts arising from sanction orders by the California Court of Appeal were nondis-ehargeable under § 523(a)(6) 1 as a matter of law, since the findings by the California Court of Appeal were entitled to collateral estoppel effect. The debtor appeals. We AFFIRM.
I. FACTS
In 1986, George and Christina Papadakis (“Papadakises”) and Bruce Zelis (“Zelis”) entered into a settlement agreement regarding a lawsuit filed in 1974. The settlement agreement provided that Zelis would stipulate to…
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