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Gannett v. Carp

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 18, 2003No. 02-2323PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of a creditor’s quest to block a debtor’s discharge in bankruptcy. The bankruptcy court declined to default or sanction the debtor for claiming her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, determined that she had not transgressed the strictures of 11 U.S.C. § 727(a), and granted the discharge. The district court affirmed these rulings, and the creditor now appeals.

We agree with the creditor that there are suspicious circumstances here. As an appellate court, however, we are not free to second-guess the management of pretrial discovery,…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Baxter v. PalmigianoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Field v. MansSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. Carlos A. Gutierrez-Rodriguez v. Desiderio Cartagena and Domingo Alvarez, Carlos A. Gutierrez-Rodriguez v. Pedro N. Soto and Edwin F. GotayCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  4. Valentin-De-Jesus v. United HealthcareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
  5. Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,787 in Re John E. Tully, Debtor. Henry J. Boroff, Trustee in Bankruptcy of John E. Tully v. John E. TullyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. United States v. Soto-BeniquezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
  2. Gomez-Candelaria v. Rivera-RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
  3. HSBC Bank USA v. Bank of New EnglandCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
  4. UNITED STATES v. WILLIAM SOTO-BENÍQUEZ, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JUAN SOTO-RAMÍREZ, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. EDUARDO ALICEA-TORRES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. RAMON FERNÁNDEZ-MALAVÉ, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CARMELO VEGA-PACHECO, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ARMANDO GARCÍA-GARCÍA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOSE LUIS DE LEÓN MAYSONET, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. RENE GONZALEZ-AYALA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JUAN ENRIQUE CINTRÓN-CARABALLO, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. MIGUEL VEGA-COLÓN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. MIGUEL VEGA-COSMECourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
  5. Old Republic National Title v. LevasseurCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013

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