Clyde Bergeman Inc. v. Sullivan (In re Sullivan)
May
20
2011
Ruling
Collateral estoppel operated to render state court embezzlement judgment nondischargeable.
Procedural posture
Creditor and debtor, plaintiff's ex-employee, sought summary judgment on claims that a federal district court judgment confirming an arbitration award against debtor was nondischargeable per 11 U.S.C.S. § 523(a)(4) and (a)(6). The judgment had awarded damages to plaintiff on findings that debtor and others had misappropriated plaintiff's trade secrets in violation of the Oregon Trade Secrets Act (OTSA), Or. Rev. Stat. § 646.461 et seq.
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