Legal Opinion
United Bank of Southgate v. Nelson
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 25, 1983No. 82 C 20079PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSZKOWSKI, District Judge.
ORDER
This matter comes before the court on appeal from a decision of the Bankruptcy Court, 35 B.R. 763 that a debt owed the plaintiff, United Bank of Southgate, by the debtors, Harold and Linda Nelson, was dis-chargeable under the Bankruptcy Code, Section 523(a)(6). The issue is whether, in the context of a debtor who disposes of encumbered property prior to bankruptcy, the Bankruptcy Court erred in using an actual conscious “intent to do harm” standard in determining that the debtor’s conduct did not constitute willful and malicious conversion for the purposes of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Davis v. Aetna Acceptance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Tinker v. ColwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Grand Piano & Furniture Co. v. Hodges (In Re Hodges)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia · 1980
- Farmers Bank v. McCloud (In Re McCloud)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1980
- Car Village Buick-Opel, Inc. v. DeRosa (In Re DeRosa)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1982
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3Cited by106 opinions
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- Chrysler Credit Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Charles M. RebhanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
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