Artis v. West (In re West)

Mar
21
2006
Pre 2005-Act: 
Pre 2005-Act
Ruling: 
Collateral estoppel barred relitigating the issues that established the debtor intentionally breached a fiduciary duty and, thus, that the prepetition judgment debt was nondischargeable.
Procedural posture: 
Plaintiff judgment creditors commenced an adversary proceeding against defendant debtor seeking an order declaring a prepetition judgment debt nondischargeable. The complaint alleged that the judgment debt was nondischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2), (4) and (6). Before the court was the creditors'motion for summary judgment.
Issue: 
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