Legal Opinion
Hall v. Goforth (In Re Goforth)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 13, 1999No. 98-20918PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant Jeffrey A. Goforth appeals the final judgment of the district court, which affirmed the bankruptcy court’s order granting appellee Ernest Jay Hall’s summary judgment motion and denying Go-forth’s summary judgment motion on the ground that 11 U.S.C. § 502(b)(7) does not limit Hall’s claim against Goforth. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In April 1993, appellee Ernest Jay Hall, the majority shareholder of a company known as Teleometrics, contracted to sell his shares to appellant Jeffrey A. Goforth. The Integrated Agreement provided that Goforth was to become the majority…
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