Khaligh v. Hadaegh (In Re Khaligh)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge.
The question is whether the issue pre-clusive effect of a confirmed private arbitration award warranted summary judgment holding a debt nondischargeable per 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6) as based on “willful and malicious” injury. The arbitration satisfied the state law requirement that it have been conducted using basic elements of adjudicatory procedure, and the confirmed award otherwise qualifies for issue preclusion. Hence, we AFFIRM.
FACTS
The employment of debtor-appellant, Shahzad Khaligh, by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (“JPL”), a division of California Institute of…
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