Legal Opinion
Materia v. Pereira (In Re Pereira)
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 28, 1984No. 19-10576PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JAMES N. GABRIEL, Bankruptcy Judge.
The plaintiffs Complaint seeks a determination that a judgment for libel he obtained against the debtor in state court in the sum of $15,000 is nondischargeable pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6). The plaintiff alleges that the debt arose out of the debtor’s willful and malicious injury. The debtor’s Answer denies that the plaintiff’s claim arose out of willful and malicious injury. A trial was held at which time the parties agreed to submit to this Court the transcript of the proceedings in the Superior Court. The debtor, Alfred Pereira, also…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Vincent HaleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Kuchinsky v. Trudeau (In Re Trudeau)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1983
- Gregor v. Ertz (In Re Ertz)District Court, D. South Dakota · 1983
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3Cited by21 opinions
- James P. Wheeler and Sheila N. Wheeler v. A. David LaudaniCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Barrows v. Wareham Fire DistrictMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2012
- Grange Mutual Casualty Co. v. Chapman (In Re Chapman)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 1998
- Kellerhuis v. Egan (In Re Egan)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 1985
- Madden v. Fate (In Re Fate)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1989
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