Legal Opinion
Grogan v. Garner
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 15, 1991No. 89-1149PublishedCited by 5,907 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
Section 523(a) of the Bankruptcy Code provides that a discharge in bankruptcy shall not discharge an individual debtor from certain kinds of obligations, including those for money obtained by “actual fraud.” The question in this case is whether the statute requires a defrauded creditor to prove his claim by clear and convincing evidence in order to preserve it from discharge.
Petitioners brought an action against respondent alleging that he had defrauded them in connection with the sale of certain corporate securities. App. 16-25. Following the trial court’s instructions that authorized a…
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