Shelton v. Wilson

MEMORANDUM **

Appellee Katherine Wilson owed $636.87 to ATEZ, an asbestos removal firm. On March 18, 2002, appellant Lee Shelton purchased the claim from ATEZ. Subsequently, Wilson and her husband, appellee Philip Krysl, filed for bankruptcy under chapter 7 in the Oregon Bankruptcy Court. Wilson and Krysl listed Shelton as an unsecured creditor. Shelton initiated an adversary proceeding seeking to bar discharge of his claim. Wilson and Krysl contended that Shelton lacked standing to bring the adversary proceeding because he was not, with respect to the claim at issue, a “creditor” within the…