- 11 U.S.C.
Hokanen v. Hopper (In re Hopper)
Feb
16
2011
Ruling
Finding of nondischargeability reversed due to trustee's failure to demonstrate that debtor was a fiduciary.
Procedural posture
Respondent bankruptcy trustee of a real estate client of appellant bankruptcy debtor brought an adversary proceeding against the debtor seeking a determination that a debt was nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C.S. § 523(a)(4) based on the debtor's fraud in a fiduciary capacity. The debtor appealed the judgment in favor of the trustee entered in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California based on collateral estoppel.
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