Legal Opinion
Mandalay Resort Group v. Miller (In Re Miller)
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California
Decided May 6, 2004No. Bankruptcy No. LA 01-41847SB. Adversary No. LA 02-01149 SBPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AFTER TRIAL
SAMUEL L. BUFFORD, Bankruptcy Judge.
I. Introduction
Creditor Mandalay Resort Group (“Mandalay”) seeks a determination that the debt owing on three markers (which are the same as checks), issued by debtor Richard Miller to obtain gambling chips at the Mandalay Bay casino in Las Vegas, is not dischargeable. Mandalay contends that the debt is based on false pretenses, false representations or actual fraud, and thus is nondischargeable under § 523(a)(2)(A). 1
After trial on the merits, the court finds that a debt based solely on an unpaid check is not nondischargeable under §…
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