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Foreign Affairs Serv. V. Pittman (In re Pittman)
Dec
15
2010
Ruling
Judgment debt was nondischargeable where state court adjudicated necessary elements.
Procedural posture
Plaintiff creditor filed a complaint against defendant Chapter 7 debtors seeking a determination that a state court judgment was nondischargeable under various provisions of 11 U.S.C.S. § 523(a). The creditor filed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the doctrine of collateral estoppel precluded the debtors from relitigating factual issues previously decided by the state court.
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