Legal Opinion
Gregory Couch v. Panther Petroleum
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 6, 2017No. 17-5194UnpublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Panther Petroleum, LLC, and Coolants Plus, Inc., sued Gregory Couch in Tennessee state court, where they obtained a substantial default judgment against him. Unbeknownst to Panther and Coolants, Couch had filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy without listing either as a creditor, so Panther and Coolants, seeking to have that judgment labelled as non-dischargeable, brought this adversarial proceeding in bankruptcy court. Applying the doctrine of collateral estoppel, the bankruptcy court gave preclusive effect to the Tennessee state-court default judgment and granted summary…
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