Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Clayton (In Re Clayton)
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 9, 1996No. 19-10893PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID A. SCHOLL, Chief Judge.
A INTRODUCTION
The parties to the above-captioned adversary proceeding (“the Proceeding”) present, at this juncture in the Proceeding, the issue of whether punitive damages and pre-judgment and post-judgment interest should be included within the nondischargeable amount of debt based on a judgment for compensatory damages which WALTER J. CLAYTON, JR. (“the Debtor”) now concedes is nondis-chargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A). Because we believe that it is generally not the function of this court to liquidate damages in dischargeability proceedings, and…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Grogan v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Brown v. FelsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Patterson v. ShumateSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Gleason v. ThawSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In Re: Ransford Craig Heckert, Debtor. Ransford Craig Heckert, A/K/A R.C. Heck Heckert v. Harold L. DotsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
- Greco v. Sallie Mae Servicing Corp. (In Re Greco)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2000
- Sullivan v. Clayton (In Re Clayton)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1996
- KV Pharmaceutical Co. v. Harland (In Re Harland)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1999
- Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Ass'n Insurance v. Desiderio (In Re Desiderio)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1997
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