Legal Opinion

Norfolk and Western Railroad v. Bergman (In Re Bergman)

United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided August 28, 1989No. 16-13245PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DAVID A. SCHOLL, Bankruptcy Judge.

A. INTRODUCTION

The Plaintiffs in these consolidated adversarial proceedings, nine (9) interline railroads (hereinafter “the Plaintiffs”), seek a determination that the individual Chapter 7 Debtor-Defendants’ debts owed to them for failure of the Debtors’ railroad to remit collections due to the Plaintiffs are non-dis-chargeable. An unusual aspect of this matter is that the Debtors’ liabilities on these debts were established in a judgment entered by the district court in deciding another count of this very proceeding. We conclude that application of…

2Cases cited51 opinions

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Brown v. FelsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
In Re Jesse H. Long, Debtor. Barclays American/business Credit, Inc. v. Jesse H. LongCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
Chrysler Credit Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Charles M. RebhanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
In the Matter of Gerald J. Ross, Also Known as Jerry Ross, Bankrupt. Gerald J. RossCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979

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3Cited by23 opinions

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Pyramid Technology Corp. v. Cook (In Re Cook)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1992
Bank One Columbus, N.A. v. McDonald (In Re McDonald)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1994

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