Legal Opinion
Jantz v. Karch (In re Karch)
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 15, 2013No. BAP No. CO-12-106; Bankruptcy No. 11-20274; Adversary No. 11-01604PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MICHAEL, Bankruptcy Judge.
Most judges are right until theg are wrong. 1
A judge’s decision usually stands until it is reversed. In most cases, judges must wait until an appeal of their decision is complete to find out whether the higher court (or courts) agree with them. This time, the bankruptcy court was spared the delay. It found a debt to be non-dis-chargeable using a standard established by this Court some sixteen years ago. After the bankruptcy court ruled, the United States Supreme Court overruled our prior decision. The appellant argues that a Supreme Court decision trumps a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Catlin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by11 opinions
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